Small Gods Quotes

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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.

  Terry Pratchett

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Terry Pratchett (2010). “Diggers: The Second Book of the Nomes”, p.34, Random House

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• Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.

  Terry Pratchett

  Science, Drug, Too Much

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.12, Random House

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• Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

  Terry Pratchett

  I Hate You, Science, Dark

  "Criminal Minds: Conflicted". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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  If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Motivational, Trust

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Aug 28, 2015

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• Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an inner voice saying, 'It's indoor work with no heavy lifting, do you want to be a ploughman like your father?'

  Terry Pratchett

  Father, Voice, Want

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.31, Random House

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• I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

  Terry Pratchett

  Life, Death, Nice

  Terry Pratchett (2017). “Terry Pratchett's Discworld Coloring Book”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Flower, Wine, Mean

  Terry Pratchett (2016). “Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett”, p.87, Random House

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• Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place.

  Terry Pratchett

  Real, Talking, Dozen

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

  Terry Pratchett

  Lying, Men, Truth Is

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, en.wikiquote.org. 1992.

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• Words are the litmus paper of the mind.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mind, Paper, Discworld

  "Small Gods (Discworld, Book 13)". Book by Terry Pratchett (p. 114), 1992.

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• Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dignity, Habit, Discworld

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.10, Random House

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• Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Stupid, Animal

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Sister, Letting Go, Brother

  Song: Don't You Think?, Album: Left of the Middle, 1997

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• Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

  Byron Katie

  Sister, Daughter, Brother

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• Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

  Terry Pratchett

  Blood, Somewhere Else, Finding Yourself

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.134, Random House

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• Give anyone a lever long enough and they can change the world. It's unreliable levers that are the problem.

  Terry Pratchett

  Long, Giving, World

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.

  Terry Pratchett

  Philosophy, Talking, Listening

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Inspire, Needs

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, People, Might

  "Small Gods". Book by ‎Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.

  Terry Pratchett

  Stress, Pet, Helping

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent-protection.

  Terry Pratchett

  Men, Years, Patents

  "Small Gods (Discworld, Book 13)". Book by Terry Pratchett (p. 307), 1992.

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• There’s no point in believing in things that exist.

  Terry Pratchett

  Believe, No Point

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• Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

  Terry Pratchett

  Kings, Moving, Bishops

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.

  Terry Crowley

  Men, People, Discworld

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• And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!

  Terry Pratchett

  Discworld, Chosen One, Chosen

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.14, Random House

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