Terry Pratchett: Citations en anglais

Terry Pratchett était écrivain britannique. Citations en anglais.
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“I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!”

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Terry Pratchett livre Making Money

Source: Making Money

“Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Unseen Academicals

Source: Unseen Academicals

“Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.
Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Men at Arms

Source: Men at Arms

“I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse.
"Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!”

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Terry Pratchett livre Monstrous Regiment

Source: Monstrous Regiment

“This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good and gone to food heaven.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Les Ch'tits Hommes libres

Source: The Wee Free Men

“People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Guards! Guards!

Source: Guards! Guards!

“When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Mortimer

Source: Mort

“If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.”

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Terry Pratchett livre I Shall Wear Midnight

Source: I Shall Wear Midnight

“OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A. M. FOR?”

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Terry Pratchett livre Hogfather

Source: Hogfather

“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”

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Terry Pratchett livre The Light Fantastic

Source: The Light Fantastic

“If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch.”

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Terry Pratchett livre A Hat Full of Sky

Source: A Hat Full of Sky

“I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.”

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Source: The Color of Magic

“It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Nation

Source: Nation

“Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Equal Rites

Source: Equal Rites

“I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.”

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Terry Pratchett livre Snuff

Source: Snuff

“She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.”

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