Terry Pratchett appreciation thread

[Desmond]

Svidler is a man of culture, I see (45:50)

[Desmond]

Some of my fav's from a recent re-read of Carpe Jugulum:

[Granny Weatherwax] 'There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.’
[Mightily Oats]  ‘It’s a lot more complicated than that -’
[GW] ‘No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”

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“Let the Queen do the fighting cos if you lose the King, you've lost everything.”

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Agnes hadn't seen a mob like this before. Mobs, in her limited experience, were noisy. This one was silent. Most of the town was in it, and to Agnes's surprise they'd brought along many of the children.
It didn't surprise Perdita. They're going to kill the vampires, she said, and the children will watch.
Good, thought Agnes, that's exactly right.
Perdita was horrified. It'll give them nightmares!
No, thought Agnes. It'll take the nightmares away. Sometimes everyone has to know the monster is dead, and remember, so they can tell their grandchildren.

[Desmond]

Svidler is a man of culture, I see (45:50)

Svidler again showing himself to be a man of culture in WC game 8 coverage.

They had got onto whiskeys, and he remarked that for the second time in their coverage that they had done so, and for the second time resultantly Magnus would go on to win. To even things out in fairness to Ian, he mused, they should start drinking Klatchian coffee instead.

[Desmond]

Oustanding short film by aussie studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7v_TdLviUE