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1948–2015 England
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works, most famous for his Discworld series.
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Ninety per cent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
Night Watch (2002)
"And what would humans be without love?"
There’s no better present than a future.
Hogfather (1996)
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.
Only You Can Save Mankind (1992)
History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.
Mort (1987)
Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.
Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.
Dodger (2012)
I don't believe in evolution, like people believe in God ... Science and technology are not advanced by people who believe, but by people who don't know but are doing their best to find out.
I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly.
It’s just scrambling in the mud to find the hidden treasure, my friend, and I might suggest it is remarkably like politics!
Dodger (2012)
If you wanted to be a successful urchin you needed to study how to urch. It was as simple as that.
Dodger (2012)
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Guards! Guards! (1989)
A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?
Sometimes honesty was its own reward, said Solomon, but Dodger thought it helped if some money came with it.
Dodger (2012)
It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.
Equal Rites (1987)
He assumed from this that once again he had got away with it, even though he wasn’t quite sure what the “it” was.
Dodger (2012)
That’s what prayers are...it’s frightened people trying to make friends with the bully!
The Last Hero (2001)
“Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent,” said Miss Susan. “But answers do.”
Thief of Time (2001)
The senior wizard in a world of magic had the same prospects of long-term employment as a pogo stick tester in a minefield.
Moving Pictures (1990)
In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
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