Tag: Terry Pratchett

Happy Hogswatch!

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“IT’S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather.
“You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?”
YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.”

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.”

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“NO. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?”

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

Hogswatch is the winter holiday on the Discworld. There are certain similarities between our Santa and the Hogfather: He rides in a sleigh, drawn by boars, and distributes presents.

Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays: Wintery Holidays

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What Will the Future Hold?

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“No one was badly hurt by the fire, but it went on for some hours, doing a fair amount of damage in the process.”

“The instigator of the fire lurked on a nearby hilltop and watched the blaze.  He was tall, thin, and a Duke of Hell.  It was the last thing that needed to be done before his return to the nether regions, and he had done it.”

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: Good Omens

Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays

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Wow, Indeed!

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“There’s one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.”

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman – Good Omens

And I guess that goes for sunsets, too.

This is for Paula’s new challenge: Words of Wisdom. Find a quote and illustrate it with a fitting photo. Why not join her?

Discworld – How could I not?

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Why do you go away? So that you can come back. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

I thought unicorns were more… Fluffy. –  

Terry Pratchett, ‘Lords And Ladies’

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Quotes and Photos

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Death of Rats

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The black robed figure, the scythe, the skull and the skeletal hands … the grim reaper. Except, this one is somewhat smaller and is actually not DEATH HIMSELF but the Death of Rats. It’s the Grim Squeaker, obviously.

For more information please visit any Discworld book featuring DEATH or Susan (any after Reaper Man, that is).

Friday Fun: Iconic.

Hand me that whatchamacallit!

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If you read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman you will know that there was a Sir Joshua Device, a Sir Humphrey Gadget, a Pietr Gizmo, a Cyrus T. Doodad and an Ella Reader Widget – they all invented “things so simple and universally useful that everyone forgot that they’d ever actually needed to be invented” and the utensils were named after them. I’m pretty sure that one of the thingies in my photos has been invented by Angus Watchamacallit, a Scottish inventor of (forgotten) renown.

Linked to One Word Sunday: Watchamacallit.