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“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

“Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived necessity, in the belief that necessity forces conformity, and conformity a certain stability. In a world shaped into conformity, dissidents stand out, are easily branded and dealt with. There is no multitude of perspectives, no dialogue. The victim assumes the face of the tyrant, self-righteous and intransigent, and wars breed like vermin. And people die.”
― Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides

“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“Believing because you think you know is dangerous.”
― Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords

“The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as "Things just happen. What the hell".”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“We're on a mission from Glod.”
― Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

“Alone of all the creatures in the world, trolls believe that all living things go through Time backwards. 'If the past is visible and the future is hidden,' they say, 'then it means you must be facing the wrong way. Everything alive is going through life back to front.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“The wise man does not seek enlightenment, he waits for it. So while I was waiting, it occurred to me that seeking perplexity might be more fun,”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“His ability was exceeded only by his belief in his own ability.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Sharp Ends

“The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“Personal isn't the same as important.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“He always says,” said Lord Rust, “that if you’re going to have crime, it might as well be organized crime.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“There were no public health laws in Ankh-Morpork. It would be like installing smoke detectors in Hell.”
― Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

“His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

“It was turning out to be one of those days. The sort you got every day.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

“Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“You've managed-- in our short three years together-- to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiance. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It's a strange foundation for a relationship, wouldn't you say?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Everything worth fighting for is gained without fighting.”
― Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides

“He faced Karsa again. ‘You will stay this night at the Inn of the Wood?’
‘I shall, although it is not made of wood, and so it should be called Inn of the Brick.”
― Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters

“Burdens were born from the loss of innocence. Naïveté. While the innocent yearned to lose their innocence, those who had already done so in turn envied the innocent, and knew grief in what they had lost. Between the two, no exchange of truths was possible. He sensed the completion of an internal journey, and Paran found he did not appreciate recognizing that fact, nor the place where he now found himself. It did not suit him that ignorance remained inextricably bound to innocence, and the loss of one meant the loss of the other.”
― Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment