Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese

Terry Pratchett era scrittore e glottoteta britannico. Frasi in inglese.
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“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft.”

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“Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Nation

Origine: Nation

“Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent protection.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Tartarughe divine

Origine: Small Gods

“It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.”

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Terry Pratchett libro A Hat Full of Sky

Origine: A Hat Full of Sky

“Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.”

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Terry Pratchett libro I Shall Wear Midnight

Origine: I Shall Wear Midnight

“Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial moment tended to ask themselves questions like 'What is my purpose in life?' very quickly lacked both.”

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Origine: Interesting Times: The Play

“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave… you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Tartarughe divine

Origine: Small Gods

“Evil in general does not sleep, and therefore doesn't see why anyone else should.”

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

“[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're writing it!”

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“I never said nothing…"
"I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead!”

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Terry Pratchett libro Lords and Ladies

Origine: Lords and Ladies

“Mort was already aware that love made you feel hot and cold and cruel and weak, but he hadn't realized that it could make you stupid.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Mort

Origine: Mort

“And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.”

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“Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Witches Abroad

Origine: Witches Abroad

“It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right back at you.”

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Terry Pratchett libro A Hat Full of Sky

Origine: A Hat Full of Sky

“Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Guards! Guards!

Origine: Guards! Guards!

“We're on a mission from Glod.”

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Terry Pratchett libro All'anima della musica!

Origine: Soul Music

“When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Carpe Jugulum

Origine: Carpe Jugulum