#terrypratchett

Lady Sybil jest w „Świecie Dysku” Terry'ego Pratchetta wspaniałą postacią tła. Przyjrzyjmy się temu, co i w jaki sposób czyni ją kobiecą – w pozornie prosty sposób. Zapraszamy do lektury artykułu @ginnytomek@mastodon.com.pl Link do tekstu: https://whosome.pl/inne-planety/felietony-inne-planety/sybil-ramkin-i-to-co-kobiece/ #terrypratchett #fantastyka

A quotation from Terry Pratchett    What have I always believed?    That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right. Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author Discworld No. 13, Small Gods [Fri’it] (1992) More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4519… #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #pratchett #discworld #smallgods #goodbehavior #belief #conduct #conscience #doinggood #ethics #goodlife #integrity #karma #life #virtue

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life. #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

‘Laughing in the face of danger is not a survival strategy,’ said the god. ‘Oh, they don’t laugh,’ said Ponder gloomily. ‘They say things like, “you call that dangerous? It’s not a patch on the kind of danger you used to get when we were lads, eh, Senior Wrangler, what what?’ (Last Continent) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

Granny Weatherwax’s approach to foreign tongues was to repeat herself loudly and slowly. (Witches Abroad) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

‘I’m not dependable. Even I don’t depend on me, and I’m me.’ (Interesting Times) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

What a mess the world was in, Vimes reflected. Constable Visit had told him the meek would inherit it, and what had the poor devils done to deserve that? (Feet of Clay) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

She had found them lodgings in The Shades, an ancient part of the city whose inhabitants were largely nocturnal and never inquired about one another’s business because curiosity not only killed the cat but threw it in the river with weights tied to its feet. (Equal Rites) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

There's a lot of wisdom and truth to be found in Sir Terry Pratchett's writing, and I think that this quote is so indicative of that, and so effective at getting the point across in the simplicity of what Granny Weatherwax is saying. It's also characteristic of how, even at his wittiest and most caustic, and even when he was writing his most grumpy and no-nonsense characters, he never succumbed to cynicism and misanthropy. There are a lot of things making the Discworld books special, and the amount of heart that can be found in those stories and characters is probably at the top part of that list. #GNUTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #Discworld #books #Bookstodon #quote

I am currently rather enjoying my first read-through of the Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett. As of today, I am a stone's throw away from finishing Interesting Times and starting Maskerade (probably later tonight). The quote below was the first quote that I deemed worthy of retaining for posterity, upon my first reading of The Colour of Magic. ---------------------------------- "His was the air of one who is unjustly put upon, who is dreaded and feared, yet who is the only friend of the poor and the best doctor for the mortally wounded.... Death, although exceptionally busy at all times, decided that He now had a hobby." From: "The Colour of Magic" by Sir Terry Pratchett (1983) ---------------------------------- #discworld #colourofmagic #terrypratchett #sirterrypratchett #bookquotes #quotes #literaryquotes #reading #books #bookstodon #GNUTerryPratchett #death #rincewind #wizards

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” (Lords and Ladies) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

Going to throw my wizzard hat in the ring and suggest some music with rocks in for this week's #ThePlaylistSuggestion as you may have guessed the theme is #TerryPratchett Sturgill Simpson – "Turtles All the Way Down" https://musiccloud.io/4fHvw Bishop Allen – "Cue the Elephants" https://musiccloud.io/eM7V6 one in honor of "Blackboard Monitor" Vimes Mission of Burma – "Blackboard" https://musiccloud.io/qInpR The Muffs – "Red Eyed Troll" https://musiccloud.io/IjOdz this one goes out to the clacks Stereolab – "Daisy Click Clack" https://musiccloud.io/Z-lKM

I'm in the midst of rereading #TerryPratchett's Thief of Time. It's one of my favorites. Lu-Tze is yet another good character. Susan is back helping Death save the world again, and we meet the forgotten fifth horseman of the apocalypse, whose alias Sir Terry came up with w/o realizing what it sounded like backward. Plus Igor. It's complicated, which is one of the things I like about it. Definitely not one I'd recommend to a newbie unless they dig a action/philosophical/chaos theory read. :)

Death began to feel that he wouldn’t understand people as long as he lived. (Mort) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

And he was pretty sure that there was no way you could get a cross between a human and a sheep. If there was, people would definitely have found out by now, especially in the more isolated rural districts. (Last Continent) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

'I hate it when people are nice to me. It means something bad is going to happen.' (Interesting Times) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. (Jingo) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

Troll gambling is even simpler than Australian gambling. One of the most popular games is One Up, which consists of throwing a coin in the air and betting on whether it will come down again. (Soul Music) #TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

At this year's #DiscworldConvention we are proud to be supporting three fantastic charities: Alzheimer's Society, Orangutan Foundation and TransActual. All will have stalls and presentation slots at the Convention where you can meet their reps and ask questions about the great work they do. We will also be supporting them with our Charity Auction! #Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #Charity