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There was the silence made by something frightened in fear of its life. There was the silence made by small creatures, being still. There was the silence made by big creatures, waiting to pounce on small creatures. Sometimes there was the silence made by no one being there. And then there was a very sharp, hot kind of silence made by someone there - watching. (CP)
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You couldn’t put off the inevitable. Because sooner or later, you reached the place where the inevitable just went and waited. (SG)
Hanging around is another thing tortoises are very good at. They’re practically world champions. (SG)
Nothing happened and went on happening. (N)
If Ankh-Morpork had a grid, there would have been gridlock. Since it did not it was, in the words of Sergeant Colon, ‘a case of no one being able to move because of everyone else’. Admittedly, this phrase, while accurate, did not have the same snap. (NW)
'I shall deal with the matter momentarily,’ he said. It was a good word. It always made people hesitate. They were never quite sure whether he meant he’d deal with it now, or just deal with it briefly. And no-one ever dared ask. (GG)
'Sit down, will you? Assassin’s are always late. ‘cos of style, right?’
‘This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.' (H) If there’s one thing a wizard hates, it’s having to wait while the person in front of them is in two minds about coleslaw. It’s a salad bar, they say, it’s got the kind of stuff salad bars have, if it was surprising it wouldn’t be a salad bar, you’re not here to lookat it. What do you expect to find? Rhino chunks? Pickled coelacanth? (MR)
'Waiting is the worst part,' said Pismire.
'No it isn't,' said Owlglass, who wasn't even being trusted to hold a sword. 'I expect that having long sharp swords stuck into you is the worst part.' (CP) It is in the nature of the universe that the person who always keeps you waiting ten minutes will, on the day you are ten
minutes tardy have been ready ten minutes earlier and will make a point of not mentioning this. (FE) |
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