Terry Pratchett: Zitate auf Englisch

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“My name is immaterial,' she said.
That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.”

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Terry Pratchett

Quelle: The Color of Magic

“Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Der Zauberhut

Quelle: Sourcery

“Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Going Postal

Quelle: Going Postal

“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Maskerade

Quelle: Maskerade

“Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Hogfather

Quelle: Hogfather

“Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Jingo

Variante: Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Quelle: Jingo

“I hate cats."
Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant.
"I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Wyrd Sisters

Quelle: Wyrd Sisters

“Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Witches Abroad

Quelle: Witches Abroad

“Look, he said to his imagination, if this is how you're going to behave, I shan't bring you again.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Going Postal

Quelle: Going Postal

“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Maskerade

Quelle: Maskerade

“What did I tell you about Mister Safety Catch?' said Vimes weakly.
When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend,' recited Detritus, saluting.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Night Watch

Quelle: Night Watch

“On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.”

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Terry Pratchett

Quelle: The Color of Magic

“The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Der Zauberhut

Quelle: Sourcery

“Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.”

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Terry Pratchett

“Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Small Gods

Small Gods
Variante: Just because you're an angel doesn't mean you have to be a fool.