Maxioms by Terry Pratchett
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project read more
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are terrific. They beget terror.The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves are bad.
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into read more
It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most read more
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, read more
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And read more
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there’s nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.
