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För den som inte känner till Sir Terry Pratchett är han framförallt känd för att han skriver romanerna om Skivvärlden ("The Discworld") och för sitt arbete för att främja forskningen runt Alzheimers (en sjukdom som han själv har). Hans böcker rekommenderas varmt till den som uppskattar mild satir, och som är intresserad av samtiden och hurdan världen egentligen är.

Här följer några citat som jag själv finner intressanta, roliga och tänkvärda:

"It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it."

"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom."

"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."

"She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you."

"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."

"'Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?'"

"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions."

"Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust?
Very nearly everyone, come to think of it..."

"'I'm sure we can pull together, sir.'
Lord Vetinari raised his eyebrows. 'Oh, I do hope not, I really do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.' He smiled. 'It's the only way to make progress. That and, of course, moving with the times. Good day to you.'"

... för ibland kan det vara skönt att slappna av. I morgon lär turerna runt TPB-rättegången och liknande fortsätta, men det är inte i dag.