…education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a lot of young people in the vicinity of a lot of books and hoping that something would pass from one to the other, while the actual young people put themselves in the vicinity of inns and taverns for exactly the same reason. (Interesting Times)
#terrypratchett
She was a good witch. That was her role in life. That was the burden she had to bear. Good and Evil were quite superfluous when you’d grown up with a highly developed sense of Right and Wrong. (Maskerade)
‘How do we usually test stuff?’
‘Generally we ask for student volunteers,’ said the Dean.
‘What happens if we don’t get any?’ ‘We give it to them anyway.’
‘Isn’t that a bit unethical?’
‘Not if we don’t tell them, Archchancellor.’
‘Ah, good point.’
(Hogfather)
Only crimes could take place in darkness. Punishment had to be done in the light. That was the job of a good watchman, Carrot always said. To light a candle in the dark. (Feet of Clay)
Nett hier in der Zentralwäscherei Zürich. Aber waren Sie schon mal in Ankh-Morpork? Stadt der tausend Überraschungen
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#netthier #netthiersticker #netthierankhmorpork #netthieraberwarensieschonmalinankhmorpork #Discworld #terrypratchett #stickerart #scheibenwelt #zentralwäscherei #Zürich #zurich #switzerland #antifa
The Senior Wrangler could do to a conversation what it takes quite thick treacle to do to the pedals of a precision watch.
(Reaper Man)
That’s old Twoflower. Rincewind thought. It’s not that he doesn’t appreciate beauty, he just appreciates it in his own way. I mean, if a poet sees a daffodil he stares at it and writes a long poem about it, but Twoflower wanders off to find a book on botany. And treads on it. It’s right what Cohen says. He just looks at things, but nothing he looks at is ever the same again. Including me, I suspect.
(The Light Fantastic)
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I finally get to settle in and watch Hogfather.
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate
‘Baths is unhygienic,’ Granny declared. ‘You know I’ve never agreed with baths. Sittin’ around in your own dirt like that.’
(Witches Abroad)
‘Have you got any last words? YES. I DON’T waNT TO GO.
‘Well. Succinct, anyway.’
(Reaper Man)
Hin und wieder kommt mal ein Tröt mit einer Frage vorbei, und hin und wieder beantworte ich die aus meiner Sicht.
Neugierig wie ich bin, schaue ich mir das Profil der Fragenden auch an.
Und find immer mal wieder Schönes, Interessantes, Ungewöhnliches.
Diesmal was von @herr_rau - Kommentare zu #TerryPratchett ‘s Werk
https://www.herr-rau.de/wordpress/2025/12/terry-pratchett-unveroeffentlichtes.htm
The wording began:
‘You are cordially invited…’
…and was in that posh runny writing that was hard to read but ever so official.
Nanny Ogg grinned and tucked the card back on the mantelpiece. She liked the idea of ‘cordially’. It had a rich, a thick and above all an alcoholic sound. (Carpe Jugulum)
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Und ein toller Schauspieler ist er auch!
Unter anderem zu sehen in der Verfilmung von "Good Omens" mit David Tennant (nach dem Buch von dem wunderbaren Sir Terry Pratchett, meinem Lieblingsautoren und Neil Gaiman).
Ist leider nur auf Amazon Prime oder DVD zu sehen.
https://youtu.be/oBOKi5XmR30?si=R2Egv3clDqxGPmB7
#GoodOmens #MichaelSheen #STP #TerryPratchett #GNU #Filmtipp
It's the #holidays! Time to rewatch and reread #TerryPratchett's #Hogfather!
‘We taught her everything she knows,’ said Granny Weatherwax.
‘Yeah,’ said Nanny Ogg, as they disappeared into the bracken. ‘D’you think ... maybe...?’
‘What?’
‘D’you think maybe we ought to have taught her everything we know?’
‘It’d take too long.’ (Lords and Ladies)
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The trouble with being a god is that you’ve got no one to pray to. (Small Gods)
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find."
Terry Pratchett
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