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Well, now I've gone and done it. I’ve finished my first Terry Pratchett novel of what will likely someday be my beginning of enjoying his magnum opus. Effortlessly funny and predicated on human reactions to absolute chaos rather than praying that a f
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“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
“You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”
― You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
― You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
“They sicken of the calm who know the storm.”
― Sunset Gun: Poems
― Sunset Gun: Poems
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