Post A3cYFiEf3fGwfDgeMi by sgryphon@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #A25mU6naKPnjZkpbRw by freemo@qoto.org
2020-12-11T13:03:34Z
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@General “All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE."Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING."They're not the same at all!"YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED."Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"MY POINT EXACTLY.”― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather#TerryPratchett #DiscWorld #Fantasy #magic #magick #Literature #Book Quote #Quotes
(DIR) Post #A25nXKY9l4Kl2yiNqi by gekkido@qoto.org
2020-12-11T13:14:50Z
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@freemo @General Discworld was always curious about the neverending novel but never had the chance to read it.
(DIR) Post #A25nnbUqWEDSEtvUH2 by trinsec@qoto.org
2020-12-11T13:18:20Z
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@freemo Pratchett was a grandmaster with words and concepts. I should reread this, it's the right season for it!
(DIR) Post #A26ZH6zfn6qmVi2eIq by sergiopantalone@mastodon.social
2020-12-11T22:09:39Z
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@trinsec @freemo Even the movie adaptation is pretty good if you can track down a copy.
(DIR) Post #A26ZH7OUIqhRkfeSyu by freemo@qoto.org
2020-12-11T22:10:13Z
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@sergiopantalone Indeed it is, though technically a miniseries. But yea wasnt a bad watch.@trinsec
(DIR) Post #A3cNaDFeLtr99bipNI by sgryphon@qoto.org
2021-01-26T04:22:37Z
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@freemo @General I watch The Hogfather pretty much every year.
(DIR) Post #A3cNdPa2yBouGCmuem by freemo@qoto.org
2021-01-26T04:23:12Z
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@sgryphon Its really some of the only good christmas stuff out there :)@General
(DIR) Post #A3cYFiEf3fGwfDgeMi by sgryphon@qoto.org
2021-01-26T06:22:07Z
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@freemo @General there are plenty of decent Christmas movies - Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are two that come to mind :-)
(DIR) Post #A3e7j8vGbcmZNtLP3w by Hyolobrika@counter.fedi.live
2021-01-27T00:34:24.228869Z
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@freemo @General Grind down someone's brain and show me one atom of happiness, of sadness, of intellect and of intuition. Yet it is still there.
(DIR) Post #AACNSdQfk30tpUk4jw by bypel@neckbeard.xyz
2021-08-11T00:23:12.401320Z
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@freemo I suspect that there is soon going to be an attack on things such as justice, mercy, and duty and Pratchett putting that in his book is just the first step.
(DIR) Post #AACNXBVMzUKYfj6oDI by freemo@qoto.org
2021-08-11T00:23:57Z
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@bypel Dont drag Pratchett into the shiftiness of humans :)
(DIR) Post #AACNbaI0mgrChLxUnI by bypel@neckbeard.xyz
2021-08-11T00:24:49.354924Z
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@freemo Pratchett was human :))
(DIR) Post #AACNkBcJswnimgYjwm by freemo@qoto.org
2021-08-11T00:26:17Z
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@bypel Now I need to post more Pratchett quotes :)
(DIR) Post #APRTyiHW4Zi13N1d4a by MrScoville@qoto.org
2022-11-09T23:18:23Z
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@freemo “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”Nudge, nudge ^-^
(DIR) Post #APRU2xJ29cC0oEl3S4 by albertcardona@qoto.org
2022-11-09T23:19:08Z
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@freemo @General So many excellent reasons why I handed over my Terry Pratchett books to my son.
(DIR) Post #APRUNGC9dPlXBUDq1Q by freemo@qoto.org
2022-11-09T23:22:48Z
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@albertcardona @General @MrScoville One of my favorite quotes:“All Fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once.”I have a varient of it I made up:All animals can be cuddled, some can only be cuddled once.