"It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse."
The Four Horsemen of the Apocralypse encounterunexpected difficulties
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who *smiles all the time*.
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Terry Pratchett, Good Omens
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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
Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
En réponse à Svan Dendragon
@svandendragon You are a much better artist than me but if I were a #Discworld art critic *1 I'd be looking for Rincewind hiding in the trees with a sack of potatoes 
*1 Though unlike the dogbotherer I would not nail Tracy’s ear to anything IIRC the bit from Thud correctly
Jaime had never realised that trees made a sound when they grew, and no-one else had realised it either, because the sound is made over hundreds of years in waves of twenty-four hours from peak to peak. Speed it up, and the sound a tree makes is *vrooom*.
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
Sœurcières 2016 
My little tribute to Gnu Terry Pratchett 
He was truly my favorite author 
Sir Terry Pratchett was one of two people who I quoted directly in my dissertation. This line from Feet of Clay was the motto for my introductory chapter:
"This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers."
It resonated with me, because this is what doing research often feels like for me.
Today I'm taking a memorial flight to #Pratchett's Disc in #EliteDangerous, Terry Pratchett's memorial station in the game, to remember the great man himself.
Ten years since STPOBE took the bony one's hand. The ripples he caused in the world are, like the turtle, still moving
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Hard to believe it's already been ten years. GNU Terry Pratchett.
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Illustration by Paul Kidby)
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Signal this to all towers, not logged.
He’d never have wanted to go home. He was a real linesman.
His name is in the code, in the wind in the rigging and the shutters. Haven’t you ever heard the saying “A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Thinking of Terry Pratchett today, on the 10th anniversary of his death. Both my husband and I have adored his books for a very long time. I'm part way through yet another Discworld reread, this time the Witches books. Next up is Tiffany Aching's first outing. Sad to have lost him, but what a legacy he left us. #GNUTerryPratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books
On the 10th anniversary of Terry Pratchett being led away by Death, if you've not read his biography then take the opportunity to do so.
It was written by Rob Wilkins, his long-time assistant, and is wonderful*.
#GNUTerryPratchett #Discworld
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*And yes, it has plenty of footnotes.