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“For the rest, he was large and good-natured, and had a habit of amusing himself with occasional spells of knitting.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

“It’s fifteen hundred miles to Ankh-Morpork,” he said. “We’ve got three hundred and sixty-three elephants, fifty carts of forage, the monsoon’s about to break and we’re wearing…we’re wearing…sort of things, like glass, only dark…dark glass things on our eyes…” His voice trailed off. His brow furrowed, as if he’d just been listening to his own voice and hadn’t understood it. The air seemed to glitter. He saw M’Bu staring at him. He shrugged. “Let’s go,” he said.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“It’s a genuine Burleigh and Stronginthearm double-action triple-cantilever crossbow with a polished walnut stock and engraved silver facings!”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“This is because if people went around noticing everything that was going on all the time, no one would ever get anything done.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms