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And what would humans be without love?" R A R E, said Death.Terry Pratchett
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I meant, " said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. C A T S, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.Terry Pratchett
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Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.Terry Pratchett
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YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said. That's what being alive is all about.Terry Pratchett
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Rincewind sighed, and padded around the base of the tower toward the Library.Towards where the Library had been. There was the arch of the doorway, and most of the walls were still standing, but a lot of the roof had fallen in and everything was blackened by soot. Rincewind stood and stared for a long time. Then he dropped the carpet and ran, stumbling and sliding through the rubble that half-blocked the doorway. The stones were still warm underfoot. Here and there the wreckage of bookcase still smouldered. Anyone watching would have seen Rincewind dart backward and forward across the shimmering heaps, scrabbling desperately among them, throwing aside charred furniture, pulling aside lumps of fallen roof with less than superhuman strength. They would have seen him pause once or twice to get his breath back, then dive in again, cutting his hands on shards of half molten glass from the dome of the roof. They would have noticed that he seemed to be sobbing. Eventually his questing fingers touched something warm and soft. The frantic wizard heaved a charred roof beam aside, scrabbled through a drift of fallen tiles and peered down. There, half squashed by the beam and baked brown by the fire, was a large bunch of overripe, squashy bananas. He picked one up, very carefully, and sat and watched it for some time until the end fell off. Then he ate it.Terry Pratchett
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That's what you people never understand, " said Rincewind, wearily. "You think magic is just something you can pick up and use like a, a -""Parsnip?" said Nijel."Wine Bottle?" said the Seriph."Something like that, " said Rincewind cautiously, but rallied somewhat and went on, "But the truth is, is -""Not like that?"" More like a wine bottle?" said the Seriph hopefully." Magic uses people, " said Rincewind hurriedly. "It affects you as much as you affect it, sort of thing. You can't mess around with magical things without it affecting you. I just thought I'd better warn you."" Like a wine bottle, " said Creosote, "that -""- drinks you back, " said Rincewind.Terry Pratchett
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It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.Terry Pratchett
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He was red with anger, except where he was white with rage. When he spoke, his words seared through the air like so many knives, clipped as topiary, crisp as biscuits.Terry Pratchett
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I don’t know what to do, ” he said. “No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do, ” said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. “Been completely at a loss my whole life.” He hesitated. “I think it’s called being human, or something.Terry Pratchett
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The gods, " he said. "Imprisoned in a thought. And perhaps they were never more than a dream.Terry Pratchett