119, WG87, M60, E111, / NG32, F59, MF0, D8, B8, Frz0, NA4, C1

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

Dieser Diskworldband um die unvergleichlichen NacMac Feegle, der bei mir definitiv in den Top Five rangiert, taucht immer mal wieder in meinen Gedanken auf und will/muss wiedergelesen werden. Die Nachfolgebände auch, aber der auf jeden Fall. Schon der ganze Hintergrund mit der Landschaft des Chalk, den Schafen und Tiffanys Großmutter Granny Aching, die Granny Weatherwax mehr als ebenbürtig ist, faszinieren immer wieder aufs neue, und wie jedesmal wünschte ich mir aufs neue, dass mir das Buch in Tiffanys Alter untergekommen wäre.
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I'll never be like this again, she thought, as she saw the terror in the Queen's face. I'll never again feel as tall as the sky and as old as the hills and as strong as the sea. I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back.
And the reward is giving it back, too. No human could live like this. You could spend a day looking at a flower to see how wonderful it is, and that wouldn't get the milking done. No wonder we dream our way through our lives. To be awake, and see it all as it really is ... no one could stand that for long.
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This is a dream, after all, Tiffany told herself. It doesn't have to make sense, or be nice. It's a dream, not a daydream. People who say things like 'may all your dreams come true' should try living in one for five minutes.
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(Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, 2003)