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Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett: Book 38 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: It's easy to see why Death is a favorite character in the Discworld series.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/17/reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Photos https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/17/reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett
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It was an amazing phrase. It was practically magical all by itself. It just ... made things better. A shark’s got your leg? No worries. You’ve been stung by a jellyfish? No worries! You’re dead? She’ll be all right! No worries! (Last Continent)
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‘You’re a defeatist.’
‘Defeatist! That’s because I’m going to be defeated.’
‘You’re your own worst enemy, Rincewind,’ said the sword.
Rincewind looked up at the grinning men.
‘Bet?’ he said wearily.
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Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Metres, the Mile, the Marathon – he’d run them all. (Last Continent)
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‘Am I dyin’?’
YES.
‘Will I die?’
YES.
Granny Weatherwax thought this over. ‘But from your point of view, everyone is dying and everyone will die, right?’
YES.
‘So you aren’t actually bein’ a lot of help, strictly speakin’.’ (Carpe Jugulum) -
‘If you were a boy I’d say are you going to seek your fortune?’
‘Can’t girls seek their fortune?’
‘I think they’re supposed to seek a boy with a fortune.’
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@leeleedee One of the #Diskworld novels by #TerryPratchett features a clock in Vetinari's waiting room. It has been specially built to have an irregular tick in order to drive the waiting petitioners slightly insane.
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She'd long ago been resigned to the fact that people expected a bottle of something funny-coloured and sticky. It wasn't the medicine that did the trick though. It was, in a way, the spoon. (Maskerade)
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'Being alone isn't the same as not having other people around,' said Granny. (Lords and Ladies)
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… all books, everywhere, affect all other books. This is obvious: books inspire other books written in the future, and cite books written in the past. But the General Theory of L-Space suggests that, in that case, the contents of books as yet unwritten can be deduced from books now in existence. (Lords and Ladies)
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There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there a few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.
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Distillation of alcohol was illegal in Lancre. On the other hand, King Verence had long ago given up any idea of stopping a witch doing something she wanted to do, so merely required Nanny Ogg to keep her still somewhere it wasn’t obvious. She thoroughly approved of the prohibition, since this gave her an unchallenged market for her own product, known wherever men fell backwards into a ditch as ‘suicider.’ (Maskerade)
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Just because fate throws you together doesn’t mean fate’s got it right.
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…Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it’d save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful. (Lords and Ladies)
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[Hrun] spent a great deal of time in similar situations, seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners, their lives, and at least one cause of their distress.
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Humans Are Not Always Wrong.
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"This is it, he thought. This is where we've filled ourselves up with so many questions that they're starting to overflow and become answers."
#TerryPratchett was my most beloved author by far when I was a teenager, but I've re-read him only a few times over the last few decades. Unlike some of my other early literary faves, this one at least stands up very well for me. Not only is it endlessly quotable, but it is a well plotted mystery, with themes of gender and multiculturalism that don't feel dated, plus what's not to like about golems starting a worker's revolution? @bookstodon #bookstodon
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The sudden appearance of a naked woman always caused a rethink of anyone’s immediate plans.
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Happy International Bacon Day!
Sam Vimes is famously fond of a bacon butty or three -- much to Lady Sybil's disapproval. But what makes a sandwich a "Vimes BLT"?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #InternationalDay #Bacon #InternationalBaconDay
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‘No, my father’s a pharaoh. My mother was a concubine, I think.’
‘I thought that was some sort of vegetable.’
‘I don’t think so. We’ve never really discussed it. Anyway, she died when I was young.’
‘How dreadful,’ said Chidder cheerfully.
‘She went for a moonlight swim in what turned out to be a crocodile.’
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'People've got enough to cope with just being people.' (Lords and Ladies)
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The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they’d be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armor.
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom
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‘Well, Nobby, you’re what I might call a career soldier, right?’ ‘‘S’right, Fred.’
‘How many dishonourable discharges have you had?’
‘Lots,’ said Nobby, proudly. ‘But I always puts a poultice on ‘em.’ (Men at Arms) -
The man gave a shrug which indicated that, although the world did indeed have many problems, this was one of them that was not his. (Soul Music)
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‘I meant,’ said Iplsore bitterly, ‘what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?’
Death thought about it.
‘CATS,’ he said eventually, ‘CATS ARE NICE.’
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Rincewind woke with a scream, to get it over with. (Last Continent)
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Thanks! Didn't know that; certainly plausibly Pratchettian.
I met Sir Terry once. Great man; perhaps even greater hat.
Fast lookups: The net suspects a version of the quote is from his "The Light Fantastic." Opinions differ as to whether it specifically said "mushrooms" or "fungi" or "some things."