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Терри Пратчетт было английский писатель. Цитаты на английском языке.
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“What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Small Gods

Источник: Small Gods

“The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Wyrd Sisters

Источник: Wyrd Sisters

“Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them”

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Terry Pratchett книга Hogfather

Источник: Hogfather

“Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Men at Arms

Источник: Men at Arms

“She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy night, contained strange and terrible things and she was it.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Wyrd Sisters

Источник: Wyrd Sisters

“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Опочтарение

Источник: Going Postal

“Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.”

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Источник: The Color of Magic

“The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.”

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Terry Pratchett книга The Light Fantastic

Источник: The Light Fantastic

“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do.
And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find
herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Hogfather

Источник: Hogfather

“YOU FEAR TO DIE?
"It's not that I don't want… I mean, I've always… it's just that life is a habit that's hard to break…”

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Terry Pratchett книга Reaper Man

Источник: Reaper Man

“Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.”

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“They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Nation

Источник: Nation

“Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue.”

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Terry Pratchett книга The Light Fantastic

Источник: The Light Fantastic

“The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Маленький свободный народ

Источник: The Wee Free Men

“Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Thief of Time

Источник: Thief of Time

“I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns,… broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?' - when J. K. Rowling insisted she wasn't writing fantasy.”

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“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Пятый элефант

Источник: The Fifth Elephant

“Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.”

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Terry Pratchett книга Маленький свободный народ

Источник: The Wee Free Men