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People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really one of the most dangerous places there could ever be was the simple fact that it was a library.

— Terry Pratchett Guards! Guards! (1989)

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

The Nome Trilogy (1989)

Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, it’s giving people what they need to get.

Hogfather (1996)

I don't think I've found God, but I may have seen where gods come from.

I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist (2008)

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

The Carpet People (1971)

Dodger lived in a world where nobody asked questions apart from: “How much?” and “What’s in it for me?”

Dodger (2012)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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