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Terry Pratchett

English Author

Born: Apr 28, 1948

Died: Mar 12, 2015

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Related authors: A. A. Milne H. G. Wells J. K. Rowling John Galsworthy Lewis Carroll Mary Shelley Samuel Johnson Simon Sinek

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. Terry Pratchett

Mind Marks Insane Sign Exclamation Sure Sure Sign Five

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care. Terry Pratchett

Me Care Universe Destroy Fabric See Wrong Prove Go

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett

Truth Out Lies Inside Head May Your

It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star Trek.' Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they're clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff. Terry Pratchett

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It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimer's, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's. Terry Pratchett

Me Other Point Had Like Knowing Alzheimer Occurred Diseases Two

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone. Terry Pratchett

Alone You People Cancer Old See Seems Feel Makes Alzheimer How Disease Brave Quite Against Fart

For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves. Terry Pratchett

Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I'm fortunate; I can be heard. Regrettably, it's amazing how people listen if you stand up in public and give away $1 million for research into the disease, as I have done. Terry Pratchett

You People Amazing Country Research Seven Hundred Thousand Give Dementia How Heard Up Disease Done Listen Public Stand Stand Up Fortunate Who Away Million

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. Terry Pratchett

Science First Astronomy Science Fiction Got Being Fiction Interested

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government. Terry Pratchett

Government Angry You Anger Wonderful About Going Bankers Keeps

I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation. Terry Pratchett

Great Science Equation Am Fan Cannot

Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them. Terry Pratchett

You Words Speak Mind Three Had Without Female Least Modern Quite Inadvertently Them Sentence Hard English Many

Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page. Terry Pratchett

Home You Never Know Got His Dickens Page Round Starting

You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though. Terry Pratchett

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I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. Terry Pratchett

I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it's in the blood. Terry Pratchett

Vegetables Our Because Blood Many Professional Grow Gardener

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz. Terry Pratchett

Jazz Like Got Tastes Wide

Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old. Terry Pratchett

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I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things. Terry Pratchett

Intuitive About Almost Plan Really Things

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer. Terry Pratchett

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I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' Terry Pratchett

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Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent. Terry Pratchett

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. Terry Pratchett

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