“....And then Jack chopped down the beanstalk, adding murder and ecological vandalism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned, but he got away with it and lived happily ever after without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done. Which proves that you can be excused just about anything if you're a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions. ”

—Terry Pratchet, “Hogfather”

“You can't give her that!" she screamed. "It's not safe!" IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. "She's a child!" shouted Crumley. IT'S EDUCATIONAL. "What if she cuts herself?" THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”

—Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”

— Terry Pratchett (The Hogfather)

“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”

“Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom? Quite astonishing.”

—Death
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