Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...

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Signs of Pratch­ett’s demen­tia hid­den in nov­els

The National - News Fri, Mar 14, 2025

Signs of Pratch­ett’s demen­tia hid­den in nov­els
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One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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It was hard enough to kill a vampire. You could stake them down and turn them into dust and ten years later someone drops a drop of blood in the wrong place and *guess who's back*? They returned more times than raw broccoli.

Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

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“Sergeant Colon had had a broad education. He’d been to the School of My Dad Always Said, the College of It Stands to Reason, and was now a postgraduate student at the University of What Some Bloke In the Pub Told Me.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Jingo
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Most alchemists were nervous, in any case; it came from not knowing what the crucible of bubbling stuff they were experimenting with was going to do next.

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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"All bastards are bastards, but some bastards is *bastards*."

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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"I know she's in there," said Verence, holding his crown in his hands in the famous Ai-Senor-Mexican-Bandits-Have-Raided-Our-Village position.

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

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"Nah," he said, eventually. "I've looked at the colours on flowers. They're definitely built-in."

Terry Pratchett, Diggers

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People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

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"I can bite your leg if you like."

Gaspode the wonder dog
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"‘We never intended this,’ he said weakly. ‘Honestly. No offence. We just wanted what was due to us.’
A skeletal hand patted him on the shoulder, not unkindly.
And Death said, CONGRATULATIONS."

(From Guards! Guards!)

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Reading this again yesterday, and... well, Terry knew humans.

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu-- was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.

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