He shrugged. - They're just people - he said. - They're just doing what people do. Sir.Lord Vetinari gave him a friendly smile.- Of course, of course - he said. - You have to believe that, I appreciate. Otherwise you'd go quite mad. Otherwise you'd think you're standing on a feather-thin bridge over the vaults of Hell. Otherwise existence would be a dark agony and the only hope would be that there is no life after death. I quite understand. Terry Pratchett
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I quite understand. I quite understand. I quite understand . It does not matter what you say, if you really do not understand then it does not matter.

You can say that you do not understand but it will be just a lie to cover your ignorance. It was just another job and he did not know why he was so upset. He was just doing his job and the only thing he had to do was to listen and to say nothing so that they would not think that he was contradicting them or thinking something about them.

He did not want to waste his time with this nonsense so he just shrugged and said: “They’re just people - he said.- They’re just doing what people do. Sir.- Of course, of course - he said.- You have to believe that, I appreciate. Otherwise you'd go quite mad.

Otherwise you'd think you're standing on a feather-thin bridge over the vaults of Hell . I quite understand."

Source: Guards! Guards!

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