... life lives everywhere that life can. Where life can't, this takes a little longer. (H)
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.... there is noone like Magrat for getting in the way of her own life. (LL)
'What don't die can't live. What don't live can't change. What don't change can't learn.' (LL)
'Don't try to be paranormal until you know what's normal.' (LL)
... Rincewind had always considered that life was no more than a series of temporary measures strung together. (IT)
Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time. (SM)
'You can't say "if this didn't happen then that would have happened" because you don't know everything that might have happened. You might think something'd be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible.' (LL)
‘Being alone isn’t the same as not having other people around,’ said Granny (LL)
‘I hope they get counselling?’
‘We found out about that,’ said Bigmac’s voice. ‘They get a nice cup of tea and told to cheer up because it could be worse.’ ‘That’s all?’ ‘Well … there’s biscuits too.’ (JB) … you think you’re going to have a normal day and suddenly you’re in charge of a trolley with one squeaky wheel and an insane cat. (JB)
The whole of life is just like watching a click, he thought. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out yourself from the clues.
And you never, never get a chance to stay in your seat for the second house. (MP) The moments that change your life are the ones that happen suddenly, like the one where you die. (MP)
Granny Weatherwax was indeed here. And there. She was, in fact, and always would be, everywhere. (SC)
… dreams that come true are not always the right dreams. (SC)
‘I don’t know what to do,’ he said.
‘No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do,’ said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. ‘Been completely at a loss my whole life.’ He hesitated. ‘I think it’s called being human …’ (S) No-one knows why smoking boots always remain, no matter how big the explosion. It seems to be just one of those things. (S)
YOU’RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said.
That’s what being alive is all about. (S) THAT’S MORTALS FOR YOU, Death continued. THEY’VE ONLY GOT A FEW YEARS IN THE WORLD AND THEY SPEND THEM ALL IN MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED FOR THEMSELVES. (M)
'... humans are human.
'AND SIXPENCE IS SIXPENCE. BUT CORN IS NOT JUST CORN. (RM) They didn’t live completely happily ever after – there was the time Edwo walked mud all over the palace carpets, and the time the roof leaked – but they were at least as happy as they wanted to be.
And why not, after all? (DCC) Nanny’s philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down. (Ma)
'Human being first, witch second; hard to remember, easy to do.' (ISWM)
He knew how she felt. It was the way he felt himself, sometimes if he woke in the small hours, at three a.m., a time when the world seemed empty and stripped of comforting illusion. A time when you knew you were a mote, transient and fragile in a vast universe, a candle flame in an empty hall. Luckily the sun always came up, people stirred, and you got on with stuff that distracted you from the reality.
The problem for Roberta Golding was that she was too smart to be distracted. For her, it was three a.m. all the time. (LW) ' ... a life without danger is a life not worth living ...' (RS)
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