Somehow, I have managed to never read anything by Sir Terence Pratchett, but that may have to change.
According to his on-line bio, Pratchett was the UK's bestselling author of the 1990s,and has sold over 85 million books worldwide in 37 languages. He is currently the second most read writer in the UK, and seventh most read non-American author in the United States.
He is a science fiction/fantasy author best known for his Discworld series – there are actually Discworld conventions. In addition to being knighted for his contributions to literature, he has been awarded numerous literary awards and nine honorary doctorates.
I don’t know how I missed his work, but looking on-line, I found a huge list of Pratchett quotes.
- “He's out of his depth on a wet pavement.”
- “I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.”
- “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.”
- “If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
- “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
- “The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
Yeah, I definitely think I have to find some of his books.
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