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Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) QUOTES

Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) QUOTES

1 " Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

2 " When in doubt, choose to live. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

3 " Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

4 " He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction all the way through. He did remember, as a small boy, being really annoyed at the depiction of Hickory Dickory Dock in a rag book of nursery rhymes because the clock in the drawing was completely wrong for the period. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

5 " Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

6 " Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

7 " Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

8 " Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person, would first of all try to find a book called How to Be An Interesting Person and then see whether there were any courses available. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

9 " There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

10 " When you look into the abyss, it’s not supposed to wave back. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

11 " Seeing things a human shouldn't have to see makes us human. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

12 " In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

13 " Things are not as they seem. They are what they are. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

14 " No other species anywhere in the world had invented boredom. Perhaps it was boredom, not intelligence, that had propelled them up to the evolutionary ladder. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

15 " Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

16 " Oh, where are my manners? Do sit down. Pull up a small child. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

17 " Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

18 " Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. Therefore, he understood, there is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

19 " There's no educating a smart boy. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

20 " People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)