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  1. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    There's always something to eat, if you're hungry enough.
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  2. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    Gods didn't mind atheists, if they were deep, hot, fiery, atheists like Simony, who spend their whole life hating gods for not existing. That sort of atheism was a rock. It was nearly belief …
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  3. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    The Great God Om waxed wroth, or at least made a spirited attempt. There is a limit to the amount of wroth that can be waxed one inch from the ground, and he was right up against it.
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  4. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    Fair?" said the Sea Queen. She moved forward. Om felt her all around him."There's no such thing," she said. "Life's like a beach. And then you die.
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  5. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    REMIND ME AGAIN, he said, HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE.
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  6. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just … well, things happening one after another.
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  7. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    He knew from experience that true and obvious ideas, such as the ineffable wisdom and judgment of the Great God Om, seemed so obscure to many people that you actually had to kill them before they saw the error of their ways...
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  8. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    And it all meant this: that there are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal, kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do. Vorbis loved knowing that. A man who knew that, knew everything he needed to know about people.
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  9. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    I know about sureness,' said Didactylos. 'I remember, before I was blind, I went to Omnia once. And in your Citadel I saw a crowd stoning a man to death in a pit. Ever seen that?''It has to be done,' Brutha mumbled. 'So the soul can be shriven and-''Don't know about the soul. Never been that kind of philosopher,' said Didactylos. 'All I know is, it was a horrible sight.''The state of the body is not-''Oh, I'm not talking about the poor bugger in the pit,' said the philosopher. 'I'm talking about the people throwing the stones. They were sure all right. They were sure it wasn't them in the pit. You could see it in their faces. So glad it wan't them in the pit that they were throwing just as hard as they could.
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  10. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    All libraries, everywhere, are connected by the bookworm holes in space created by the strong space-time distortions found around any large collections of books. Only a very few librarians learn the secret, and there are inflexible rules about making use of the fact. Because it amounts to time travel, and time travel causes big problems.
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  11. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum. When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.
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  12. Terry Pratchett _ Small Gods

    ...rational thoughts made out of insane components.
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