May 2012
26 posts
“I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts,” said...”
– Small Gods (via esmereldaweatherwax)
“If you’re too sharp, you’ll cut yourself.”
– Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (via sirpumpkinhead)
“What had she ever earned? The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the...”
– Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (via sirpumpkinhead)
Death: I know what the spirit of Hogswatch is Albert.
Death: *Makes a dying little girls hourglass fill back up.*
Albert: You're not allowed to do that.
Death: The Hogfather can.
Death: The Hogfather gives presents.
Death: There's no better present than a future.
My heart: *Breaks*
April 2012
20 posts
“The thing is … I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think...”
– Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (via fourwasmydoctor)
Technical Difficulties and Not-Quite Truths
thearchchancellor:
agentsandyquinn asked:
I was going to ask about women in UU as well! I would just like to point out that maybe you aren’t giving enough credit to your young students: While it might be a shock to the system, I’m sure that they would be able to control themselves around female students. To that vein, I would also like to ask, have you ever had cases of female students attending...
Ode to Multiple Universes
schatz-darling:
I do have worlds enough and time to spare an hour to find a rhyme to take a week to pen an article a day to find a rhyme for ‘particle’. In many worlds my time is free to spend ten minutes over tea And steal the time from some far moon so words can take all afternoon, Away beyond the speed of light I’ll write a novel in one night. Aeons beckon, if I want ‘em… …but I...
Sir Terry Pratchett on Museum of Curiosity →
wallyflower:
Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string theorist’s nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, hurriedly throw the dust covers off the Museum’s clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of the BBC’s most improving comedy panel show.
This week, fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett offers them a Secret And...
March 2012
13 posts
“‘There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know...”
– Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (via irememberdelight)
“They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, which just goes to...”
– Nanny Ogg (Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook, Terry Pratchett)