103, WG56, M49, E99 / NG47, F54, NA9, D4, B8, C1

Terry Pratchett, The Truth

Bei diesem Wiederlesen - keine Ahnung das wievielste es war, auf jeden Fall das erste Mal auf dem Paperwhite - vermied ich es Stellen zu überspringen und las wirklich jede Seite. Und fand tatsächlich noch etwas zitierenswertes.
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"And are these your reasons, my lord?"
"Do you think I have others?" said Lord Vetinari. "My motives, as ever, are entirely transparent."
Hughnon reflected that 'entirely transparent' meant either that you could see right through them or that you couldn't see them at all.
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"The city is getting rather crowded, though," said Mr Windling, who had some unspecified clerical job. "Still, at least zombies are human. No offence meant, of course."
Mr Longshaft smiled faintly as he buttered the toast, and William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offence meant'. Maybe it was because they found it easier to say 'no offence meant' than actually refrain from giving offence.
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The curious thing was, if the breakfast table jury was anything to go by, that denying stories like this only proved that they were true. After all, no one would bother to deny something if it didn't exist, would they?

(Terry Pratchett, The Truth, 2000)