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Re: the "cats are nice" Discworld quote. One of my favourite ongoing themes from the books is Death's affectionate relationship with cats.
I think it's deeply representative of Pratchett's talent. Apart from his trademark caustic humour, he managed to make the embodiment of the Grim Reaper a complex, sympathetic, even arguably kind character. Death is someone who genuinely cares about people, carries a fierce sense of justice, experiences loneliness, and ultimately forms a deeply caring bond with cats.
This has always been one of my favourite officially licensed Discworld illustrations by Boris Sokolovsky, which I think depicts that angle of Death perfectly.
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Bookstodon #art #MastoArt #Cat #Cats
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Re: the "cats are nice" Discworld quote. One of my favourite ongoing themes from the books is Death's affectionate relationship with cats.
I think it's deeply representative of Pratchett's talent. Apart from his trademark caustic humour, he managed to make the embodiment of the Grim Reaper a complex, sympathetic, even arguably kind character. Death is someone who genuinely cares about people, carries a fierce sense of justice, experiences loneliness, and ultimately forms a deeply caring bond with cats.
This has always been one of my favourite officially licensed Discworld illustrations by Boris Sokolovsky, which I think depicts that angle of Death perfectly.
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Bookstodon #art #MastoArt #Cat #Cats
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No one had asked her, before she was born, whether she’d want a lovely personality or whether she’d prefer, say, a miserable personality but a body that could take size 9 in dresses. Instead, people would take pains to tell her that beauty was only skin-deep, as if a man ever fell for an attractive pair of kidneys. (Maskerade)
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No one had asked her, before she was born, whether she’d want a lovely personality or whether she’d prefer, say, a miserable personality but a body that could take size 9 in dresses. Instead, people would take pains to tell her that beauty was only skin-deep, as if a man ever fell for an attractive pair of kidneys. (Maskerade)
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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
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It had taken many years under the tutelage of Granny Weatherwax for Magrat to learn that the common kitchen breadknife was better than the most ornate of magical knives. It could do all that the magical knife could do, plus you could also use it to cut bread.
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It had taken many years under the tutelage of Granny Weatherwax for Magrat to learn that the common kitchen breadknife was better than the most ornate of magical knives. It could do all that the magical knife could do, plus you could also use it to cut bread.
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Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people. (Lords and Ladies)He had in fact been raised to be a Fool, a man whose job it was to caper and tell jokes and have custard poured down his trousers. This had naturally given him a grave and solemn approach to life and a grim determination never to laugh at anything ever again, especially in the presence of custard. (Lords and Ladies)
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Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people. (Lords and Ladies)He had in fact been raised to be a Fool, a man whose job it was to caper and tell jokes and have custard poured down his trousers. This had naturally given him a grave and solemn approach to life and a grim determination never to laugh at anything ever again, especially in the presence of custard. (Lords and Ladies)
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Happy National Daiquiri Day! What was famously Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite daiquiri flavour -- and in which book did he use the 'About the Author' page to ask fans to buy them for him?
What will you be drinking at the #DiscworldConvention?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalDaiquiriDay
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Happy National Daiquiri Day! What was famously Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite daiquiri flavour -- and in which book did he use the 'About the Author' page to ask fans to buy them for him?
What will you be drinking at the #DiscworldConvention?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalDaiquiriDay
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Happy National Daiquiri Day! What was famously Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite daiquiri flavour -- and in which book did he use the 'About the Author' page to ask fans to buy them for him?
What will you be drinking at the #DiscworldConvention?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalDaiquiriDay
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Happy National Daiquiri Day! What was famously Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite daiquiri flavour -- and in which book did he use the 'About the Author' page to ask fans to buy them for him?
What will you be drinking at the #DiscworldConvention?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalDaiquiriDay
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Happy National Daiquiri Day! What was famously Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite daiquiri flavour -- and in which book did he use the 'About the Author' page to ask fans to buy them for him?
What will you be drinking at the #DiscworldConvention?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #NationalDaiquiriDay
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‘Pardon me for living, I’m sure.’
NO-ONE GETS PARDONED FOR LIVING.
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‘Pardon me for living, I’m sure.’
NO-ONE GETS PARDONED FOR LIVING.
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Don't have your Membership for the #DiscworldConvention yet? Want to bring a last-minute new convert? Don't panic! Join the waiting list now -- we've got some last-minute spares for you!
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Don't have your Membership for the #DiscworldConvention yet? Want to bring a last-minute new convert? Don't panic! Join the waiting list now -- we've got some last-minute spares for you!
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Don't have your Membership for the #DiscworldConvention yet? Want to bring a last-minute new convert? Don't panic! Join the waiting list now -- we've got some last-minute spares for you!
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In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
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In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
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Als je dus gewoon een nieuwe Good Omens koopt omdat je hem nog wel weer eens keer wilt herlezen, wat ben je dan? 🤔
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Zoon tribes are very proud of their Liars.
Other races get very annoyed about all this. They feel that the Zoon ought to have adopted more suitable titles, like ‘diplomat’ or ‘public relations officer’. They feel they are poking fun at the whole thing.
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Zoon tribes are very proud of their Liars.
Other races get very annoyed about all this. They feel that the Zoon ought to have adopted more suitable titles, like ‘diplomat’ or ‘public relations officer’. They feel they are poking fun at the whole thing.
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An important update for everyone staying at the Convention hotel: You will *not* need photographic ID in order to check in.
Following the concerns raised by Members, we have been in touch with the hotel and have received written assurance that photo ID will not be required at check-in.
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An important update for everyone staying at the Convention hotel: You will *not* need photographic ID in order to check in.
Following the concerns raised by Members, we have been in touch with the hotel and have received written assurance that photo ID will not be required at check-in.
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An important update for everyone staying at the Convention hotel: You will *not* need photographic ID in order to check in.
Following the concerns raised by Members, we have been in touch with the hotel and have received written assurance that photo ID will not be required at check-in.
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An important update for everyone staying at the Convention hotel: You will *not* need photographic ID in order to check in.
Following the concerns raised by Members, we have been in touch with the hotel and have received written assurance that photo ID will not be required at check-in.
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An important update for everyone staying at the Convention hotel: You will *not* need photographic ID in order to check in.
Following the concerns raised by Members, we have been in touch with the hotel and have received written assurance that photo ID will not be required at check-in.
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‘Down there,’ he said, ‘are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathsomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don’t say no.’
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‘Down there,’ he said, ‘are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathsomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don’t say no.’
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
They were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god).
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8504…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #pratchett #terrypratchett #discworld #holywar #killing #knife #murder #religion #religiousintolerance #sacrifice #truebelievers
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
They were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god).
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8504…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #pratchett #terrypratchett #discworld #holywar #killing #knife #murder #religion #religiousintolerance #sacrifice #truebelievers
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
They were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god).
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8504…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #pratchett #terrypratchett #discworld #holywar #killing #knife #murder #religion #religiousintolerance #sacrifice #truebelievers
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
They were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god).
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8504…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #pratchett #terrypratchett #discworld #holywar #killing #knife #murder #religion #religiousintolerance #sacrifice #truebelievers
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… raw matter is continually flowing into the universe in fairly developed forms, popping into existence normally in ashtrays, vases and glove compartments. It chooses its shape to allay suspicion, and common manifestations are paperclips, the pins out of shirt packaging, the little keys for central heating radiators, marbles, bits of crayon, mysterious sections of herb-chopping devices and old Kate Bush albums.
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… raw matter is continually flowing into the universe in fairly developed forms, popping into existence normally in ashtrays, vases and glove compartments. It chooses its shape to allay suspicion, and common manifestations are paperclips, the pins out of shirt packaging, the little keys for central heating radiators, marbles, bits of crayon, mysterious sections of herb-chopping devices and old Kate Bush albums.
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Ik heb de afgelopen 2 avonden voor de verandering eens in een papieren boek gelezen. Om wat af te wisselen van een scherm, al is de Kobo e-ink.
Bevalt me goed. Het helpt wel dat het een boek van Terry Pratchett is, dat is altijd lachen.
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Ik heb de afgelopen 2 avonden voor de verandering eens in een papieren boek gelezen. Om wat af te wisselen van een scherm, al is de Kobo e-ink.
Bevalt me goed. Het helpt wel dat het een boek van Terry Pratchett is, dat is altijd lachen.
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In the Ramtops witches were accorded a status similar to that which other cultures gave to nuns, or tax collectors, or cesspit cleaners. That is to say, they were respected, sometimes admired, generally applauded for doing a job which logically had to be done, but people never felt quite comfortable in the same room with them.
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In the Ramtops witches were accorded a status similar to that which other cultures gave to nuns, or tax collectors, or cesspit cleaners. That is to say, they were respected, sometimes admired, generally applauded for doing a job which logically had to be done, but people never felt quite comfortable in the same room with them.
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Today's Guest Spotlight is Colin Smythe -- long-time #DiscworldConvention Guest and favourite among attendees as Sir Terry Pratchett's friend, former agent, and 'Discoverer' (er, first publisher). We're delighted to welcome him back for 2026!