64, WG40, E56, / NG24, D8, C1, Frz0, B2, NA0

Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

Einer der Gründe, den Band wiederzulesen - abgesehen davon, wie genau Rincewind es schafft einen ausgewachsenen Magierkrieg zu verhindern - war wie Lord Vetinari in eine Echse verwandelt wird. Immer wieder gut.

Despite rumour, Death isn't cruel - merely terribly, terribly good at his job.
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It wasn't lost. It always knew exactly where it was. It was always here.
It was just that everywhere else seemed to have been temporarily mislaid.
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'Talent just defines what you do,' he said. 'It doesn't define what you are. Deep down, I mean. When you know what you are, you can do anthing.'
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(Terry Pratchett, Sourcery, 1988)
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Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
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Nach 16 Jahren hatte ich das meiste aus dem Buch schon wieder vergessen und diese Discworldversion des Rattenfängermärchens wiederaufleben zu lassen war ein echter Genuß. Eine der wenigen Sachen allerdings, die mir noch präsent waren, war die Begegnung von Maurice mit Death, der bekanntermaßen eine Schwäche für Katzen hat - immer wieder richtig schön.

It went against everything a cat stood for. This is what thinking does for you, he thought. It gets you into trouble. Even when you know other people can think for themselves, you start thinking for them too.
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He wasn't exactly lost, because cats never got lost. He merely didn't know where everything else was.
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'I suppose there isn't a Big Cat in the Sky, is there?'
I'M SURPRISED AT YOU, MAURICE. OF COURSE THERE ARE NO CAT GODS. THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH LIKE ... WORK.
Maurice nodded. One good thing about being a cat, apart from the extra lives, was that the theology was a lot simpler.
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(Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, 2001)