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“Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.”
Terry Pratchett
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
“It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.”
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it”
“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
“I'm going out of my mind, ( mind speaks ) Good idea, its getting pretty crowded in here...”
“He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk”
“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are terrific. They beget terror.The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves are bad.”
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”
“The little flickering part of his brain that was still sparking coherent thought through the fog of mind-numbing terror that filled Colon's head was telling him that he was so far out of his depth that the fish had lights on their noses”