"Every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.” - Doctor Who (11th Doctor)
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Death “Perhaps, if you knew you were going to die, your senses crammed in as much detail as they could while they still had the chance...”
―Terry Pratchett (Truckers (1990))
Arrival & Farewell “Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
―Terry Pratchett
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His books are amazing! My favourites are Good Omens and the books about Vimes. Was never really into the Witches or Rincewind.
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My favorite are all the ones about death >_<
I have fond memories of the first few books about rincewind cause they are the ones I started with but I think he grows as a writer past them. (All the vimes ones are quality)
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Yeah, I'd already read a few of the Night Watch books before I read his earlier works and that affected my view of them. The Long Earth series is also pretty good. His later books (Going Postal, Making Money etc) were kinda sad to read for me. You could feel in his writing that he'd already begun to lose some of himself :/
Death is one of my favourite characters :)
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yeah his last 2-3 books had steadily declining "Pratchett...izm" beacause I seem to remember he had someone else write them for him (at least partly) while he told them what to write. :/
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I think he had help, yeah. Real shame. His daughter got into writing too though - she wrote the script for some of the Overlord games. So maybe she was able to help him? He kept it pretty quiet to begin with.
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"You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago." - Alan Watts
"It's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find out that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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You could also have a look at the quotes from AntiChamber. It's a puzzle game and you get hints in the form of quotes or just as reward for finishing a puzzle. There's some cool ones like...
Check them out here (just text) or here (with their corresponding images)
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Luck is nothing but preparation meeting opportunity
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“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
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''The secret of gettting things done is to act!''
''the more perfect a thing is the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is''
''The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.''
Dante Alighieri : The Divine Comedy
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Also I really like this quote bUT can't figure out what section to put it in >_<
Putijg it here anyways
The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing. Deishū Kaiki said- (Nisemonogatari)
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BIONICLE quotes, anybody?
Farewell:
"The time has come. All journeys must end, but this one heralds a new beginning as well. All that has gone before has only served to give birth to this new day."
— Mata Nui (Comic 7: Rebirth)
Death:
"There are a thousand ways I could destroy you right now. And 941 of them hurt." - Teridax (Time Trap)
Difficult times:
"Where wisdom and valor fail, all that remains is faith. And it can overcome all.” - Tahu (Mata Nui Online Game)
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Difficult times:
He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do. - Max Payne
Death:
No begging, no bribes. She knew better. Honor among killers; we who are about to die. Both of us knew how this would end: in pain and suffering. - Max Payne
Luck:
You'd find that Lady Luck was really a hooker, and you were fresh out of cash - Max Payne
And last but not least:
They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. - You Know Who
Yeah, played it again lately, this game is a mine of a great quotes.
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“For the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Not sure if it's one of your categories (maybe celebrating life), but it's my favorite quote. The Brothers Karamazov is such a great book. Everyone should read it, at least once.
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Science:
"One of the great commandments of science is:
'Mistrust arguments from authority.'" -- Carl Sagan
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Science:
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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Death:
"You're all gonna die. Only question is how you check out. Do you want
it on your feet, or on your fuckin' knees, begging? I ain't much for
begging." -- Dillon, Alien^3
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What quotes from books, lyrics, music and/or movies do u love?
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Please mention the artist, writer, title or the origin of the quote and the topic that would fit in.
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