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#1

“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, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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#2

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

tags: death, humor, life

6729 likes

#3

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories

6686 likes

#4

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

4291 likes

#5

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

tags: humor, science

4311 likes

#6

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
― Terry Pratchett

3102 likes

#7

“There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

tags: freedom, locke-lamora, underestimated

1077 likes

#8

“When you don't know everything that you could know, it's a fine time to shut your fucking noisemaker and be polite.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

338 likes

#9

“Nice bird, asshole!”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

tags: bondmage, locke

354 likes

#10

“The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind.”
― Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set

tags: women

643 likes

#11

“In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”
― Robert Jordan, To the Blight

tags: foolishness, war

479 likes

#12

“Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.”
― Robert Jordan

554 likes

#13

“The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.”
― Robert Jordan

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#14

“Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

tags: elyas, machera

373 likes

#15

“Til shade is gone,
til water is gone
Into the shadow with teeth bared
Screaming defiance with the last breath
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.”
― Robert Jordan, The Dragon Reborn

tags: bad-ass, inspirational

277 likes

#16

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: storytelling

2977 likes

#17

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: inspirational, motto

2893 likes

#18

“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

- Breeze”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: humor, remaining-silent, reticence

1499 likes

#19

“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

tags: books, humor

1876 likes

#20

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

1408 likes

#21

“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: dalinar, sacrifice, victory

1160 likes

#22

“There's always another secret.' -Kelsier”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: kelsier, mistborn, secret

1006 likes

#23

“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

1095 likes

#24

“Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.”
― K.J. Parker, Devices and Desires

tags: humor, poetry

64 likes

#25

“Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.”
― K.J. Parker, The Hammer

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#26

“War is an admission of failure”
― K.J. Parker, The Folding Knife

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#27

“A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing.”
― K.J. Parker, Blue and Gold

tags: fantasy, humor

28 likes

#28

“The world is full of annoyances, none more infuriating than a fool with a valid point.”
― K.J. Parker, Devices and Desires

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#29

“The quickest way to a man`s heart,' said the instructor, 'is proverbially through his stomach. But if you want to get into his brain, I recommend the eye-socket.”
― K.J. Parker, Devices and Desires

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#30

“Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when twelve can be jammed in if you sit on the lid.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

tags: dark-fantasy

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