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  1. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    You made a choice, you get what you choose.
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  2. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    Typical artist,' said Granny. 'He just painted the showy stuff in the front... And what about these cherubs? We're not going to get them too, are we? I don't like to see little babies flying through the air.''They turn up in a lot of old paintings,' said Nanny Ogg. 'They put them in to show it's Art and not just naughty pictures of ladies with not many clothes on.''Well, they're not fooling ME,' said Granny Weatherwax.
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  3. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    There were times when you could feel that the world would be a better place if Annagramma got the occasional slap around the ear. The silly unthinking insults, her huge lack of interest in anyone other than herself, the way she treated everyone as if they were slightly deaf and a bit stupid…it could make your blood boil. But you put up with it because every once in a while you saw through it all. Inside there was this worried, frantic little face watching the world like a bunny watching a fox, and screaming at it in the hope that it would go away and not hurt her.
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  4. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    These are the Things that Make a ManIron enough to make a nail,Lime enough to paint a wall,Water enough to drown a dog,Sulphur enough to stop the fleas,Potash enough to wash a shirt,Gold enough to buy a bean,Silver enough to coat a pin,Lead enough to ballast a bird,Phosphor enough to light the town,Poison enough to kill a cow,Strength enough to build a home,Time enough to hold a child,Love enough to break a heart.
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  5. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    And he read all morning, but just to make it interesting, he put lots of dragons in it."
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  6. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    We all have our funny little ways. Except me, obviously.
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  7. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    ...Roland de Chumsfanleigh {it wasn't his fault}.
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  8. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    Gossiping's part of witchcraft,' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet.
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  9. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    Mrs. Earwig {pronounced Ar-wige, at least by Mrs. Earwig} believed in shiny wands, and magical amulets and mystic runes and the power of the stars, while Granny Weatherwax in cups of tea, dry biscuits, washing every morning in cold water and, well...mostly she believed in Granny Weatherwax.
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  10. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    The year is round! The wheel of the world must spin! That is why up here they dance the Dark Morris, to balance it. They welcome the winter because of the new summer deep inside it!
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  11. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    Just because a woman's got no teeth doesn't mean she's wise. It might just mean she's been stupid for a very long time.
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  12. Terry Pratchett _ Wintersmith

    And he won her freedom by playing beautiful music,' Roland added. 'I think he played a lute. Or maybe it was a lyre.''Ach, weel, that'll suit us fine,' said Daft Wullie. 'We're experts at lootin' an' then lyin' aboot it.
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