Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese

Terry Pratchett era scrittore e glottoteta britannico. Frasi in inglese.
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“I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.”

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Terry Pratchett libro I Shall Wear Midnight

Origine: I Shall Wear Midnight

“Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Witches Abroad

Origine: Witches Abroad

“The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can just hear the universe replying, “Well, what about you?”

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Terry Pratchett libro Thief of Time

Origine: Thief of Time

“Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Night Watch

Origine: Night Watch

“The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Wintersmith

Origine: Wintersmith

“Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.”

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Origine: The Color of Magic

“Chances are where you find them”

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Terry Pratchett libro Moving Pictures

Origine: Moving Pictures

“It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed', although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Light Fantastic

Origine: The Light Fantastic

“Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Tartarughe divine

Origine: Small Gods

“It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone’s mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Wyrd Sisters

Origine: Wyrd Sisters

“In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?”

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Terry Pratchett libro Night Watch

Origine: Night Watch

“DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Hogfather

Origine: Hogfather

“It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Jingo

Origine: Jingo

“The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You’ve got to stop. You haven’t really been anywhere until you’ve got back home.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Light Fantastic

Origine: The Light Fantastic

“Never build a dungeon you wouldn't be happy to spend the night in yourself. The world would be a happier place if more people remembered that.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Guards! Guards!

Origine: Guards! Guards!

“Crowley (An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards)”

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Origine: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Carpe Jugulum

Origine: Carpe Jugulum

“We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here, and we're feeling the after-effects.'

Precisely,' said a passing bush.”

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Origine: The Color of Magic