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"Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war. (p. 26)"
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"Om, bumping along in Bruthas pack, began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist. (p. 274)"
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Discworld is a collection of fantasy comedy novels, graphic novels, short stories, and associated works conceived and primarily written by the English author Terry Pratchett. They are united by their being set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The novel series consists of forty-one books, the first being The C
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"The big trouble," he added, "is that everyone wants someone else to read their minds for them and then make the world work properly. (p. 227)"
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"Although it was against the thread, Deacon Cusp had his head screwed on. (p. 300)"
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