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The rain was coming down so fast that the drops were having to queue.

๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

11.02.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I saw you standing close to Vorbis," said Urn. "I thought you were protecting him."
"Oh, I was, I was," said Simony. "I don't want anyone to kill him before I do."

๐’ฎ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น๐“ˆ

11.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vimes was good at making the kind of rich enemies who could afford to employ assassins. The assassins had to be lucky only once, but Vimes had to be lucky all the time.

๐น๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ž๐“๐’ถ๐“Ž

11.02.2026 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.
She turned on him. "It's been a long night, Grandfather. I'm tired and I need a bath! I don't need silliness!"
THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.
"Really? Then what would have happened, pray?"
A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD.

Hogfather

11.02.2026 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somewhere, in some other world far away from the Discworld, someone tentatively picked up a musical instrument that echoed to the rhythm in their soul. It will never die. It's here to stay.

๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค

11.02.2026 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

C.M.O.T. Dibbler liked to be up at first light, in case there was an opportunity to sell a worm to the early bird.

Soul Music

11.02.2026 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.

๐“–๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ! ๐“–๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ!

10.02.2026 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He knew that young children could see him because they hadn't yet developed that convenient and selective blindness that comes with the intimation of personal mortality.

๐ป๐‘œ๐‘”๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡

10.02.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.

Terry Pratchett

10.02.2026 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"You never know until you look," said Nanny Ogg, expounding her own Uncertainty Principle.

๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“‡๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐’ถ๐’น๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ

10.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hah! Why dint you put your own name on it, eh? Books've got to have a name on 'em so's everyone knows who's guilty.

Maskerade

10.02.2026 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The important thing to remember was that Holy Wood wasn't a real place at all.

Moving Pictures

10.02.2026 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was another passage. He ran down it, on the basis that absence of pursuit is no reason to stop running.

๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

10.02.2026 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The rain was coming down so fast that the drops were having to queue.

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด

10.02.2026 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He wanted to say all this, and couldn't. For a man with an itch to see the whole of infinity, Twoflower never actually moved outside his own head. Telling him the truth would be like kicking a spaniel.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„

09.02.2026 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"We thought you were dead!" He had to admit that it wasn't a very good line. You didn't put people on a slab with candles and lilies all round them because you think they've got a bit of a headache and want a nice lie down for half an hour.

๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ท

09.02.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Brutha?" said Urn. "You're alive?"
Brutha moved his eyes from his captor to Urn in a way which he hoped would indicate that it was too soon to make any commitment on this point.

๐’ฎ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐’ข๐‘œ๐’น๐“ˆ

09.02.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any man with sense was wise to be fearful of a wifeโ€™s best friends. For who knew what little secrets might be shared.

Terry Pratchett

09.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"That's what you call metaphor," said Rincewind.
"Lying," the sergeant explained, kindly.

๐“”๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฌ

09.02.2026 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They'd drag him off and it'd be the start of another Adventure, i.e., a period of horror and unpleasantness. Life was full of tricks like that.

๐ผ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฏ๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ

09.02.2026 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This man was so absent-mindedly clever that he could paint pictures that didnโ€™t just follow you around the room but went home with you and did the washing-up.

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“›๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“—๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ธ

09.02.2026 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Be resolute, my dear," said the Count. Rememberโ€”that which does not kill us can only make us stronger."
"And that which does kill us leaves us dead!"

๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’‘๐’† ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’๐’–๐’Ž

09.02.2026 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Education had been easy.

Hogfather

08.02.2026 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was a respectful silence, as there always is when large sums of money have just passed away.

Sourcery

08.02.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A wizard's only a priest without a god and a damp handshake.

๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“‡๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐’ถ๐’น๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ

08.02.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No one remembers the singer. The song remains.

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐ป๐‘’๐“‡๐‘œ

08.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If people went around noticing everything that was going on all the time, no one would ever get anything done. This is another survival trait.

Men at Arms

08.02.2026 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

Terry Pratchett

08.02.2026 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IT'S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather.
"You mean the sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?"
YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.

๐“—๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ฏ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป

08.02.2026 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Intelligent robbers would have started to count up the incongruities here. These, however, were the other kind, the kind for whom evolution was invented.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’

08.02.2026 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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