Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese

Terry Pratchett era scrittore e glottoteta britannico. Frasi in inglese.
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“The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Tartarughe divine

Origine: Small Gods

“When you look into the abyss, it’s not supposed to wave back.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Thief of Time

Origine: Thief of Time

“… the food was good solid stuff for a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Guards! Guards!

Origine: Guards! Guards!

“Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.”

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Terry Pratchett libro A Hat Full of Sky

Origine: A Hat Full of Sky

“That's one form of magic, of course."
"What, just knowing things?"
"Knowing things that other people don't know.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Equal Rites

Origine: Equal Rites

“Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Truth

Origine: The Truth

“And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Making Money

Origine: Making Money

“The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Lords and Ladies

Origine: Lords and Ladies

“Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Wee Free Men

Origine: The Wee Free Men

“You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Guards! Guards!

Origine: Guards! Guards!

“It's not lying when you do it to officers!”

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Terry Pratchett libro Monstrous Regiment

Origine: Monstrous Regiment

“He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.”

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Origine: The Color of Magic

“The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.”

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Origine: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

“Seeing things a human shouldn't have to see makes us human.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Thief of Time

Origine: Thief of Time

“You know how to pray, don’t you? Just put your hands together and hope.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Going Postal

Origine: Going Postal

“Learnin’ how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them.”

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Terry Pratchett libro A Hat Full of Sky

Origine: A Hat Full of Sky

“When I am old I shall wear midnight.”

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Terry Pratchett libro I Shall Wear Midnight

Origine: I Shall Wear Midnight

“People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Making Money

Origine: Making Money

“Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Sourcery

Origine: Sourcery