Variante: A luz pensa que viaja mais rápido que qualquer coisa, mas está errada. Não importa quão rápido a luz viaje, ela descobre que a escuridão chegou lá primeiro, e estava esperando por ela.
Obras
Pirâmides
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Citações de pessoas de Terry Pratchett
Frases sobre o tempo de Terry Pratchett
“Talvez a magia ainda fosse durar muito tempo. Talvez não. Mas, pensando bem, o que dura?”
Série Discworld, Guardas! Guardas!
Terry Pratchett frases e citações
Witches Abroad
“Tarde o temprano todo se reduce al alma.”
I Shall Wear Midnight
“Não há mapas. Não é possível mapear o sentido de humor.”
The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett: Frases em inglês


“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”
Fonte: Wyrd Sisters
“Tolkien's dead. J. K. Rowling said no. Philip Pullman couldn't make it. Hi, I'm Terry Pratchett.”
t-shirt worn by Pratchett at conventions https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/stephen-mcginty-sir-terry-pratchett-a-class-act-1-3718745 https://books.google.ca/books?id=n78kYbvUd_8C&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22tolkien%27s+dead%22+pratchett+shirt&source=bl&ots=uosL5-E7O9&sig=rMN8J7liwEBmaE92G4EWLunv2wk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBmL6nr-DbAhUB6YMKHd9XALoQ6AEIoAEwGQ#v=onepage&q=%22tolkien's%20dead%22%20pratchett%20shirt&f=false
Misc

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
Foreword to The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1998) by David Pringle, and The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Fantasy (2003) by David Pringle
General sources
“This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.”
Author's note, revised edition (1992).
The Carpet People (1971; 1992)
Fonte: A Hat Full of Sky
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
Fonte: Hogfather
“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
Pratchett is credited as author of this, as quoted in Ghost Cats : Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (2007) by Dusty Rainbolt, p. 7, and in Chicken Soup for the Soul : What I Learned from the Cat (2009) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
Quote attributed to unknown author, in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats : And the People Who Love Them (2004) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Sharon J. Wohlmuth, p. 1
General sources
Variante: In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this.
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
Fonte: Lords and Ladies
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Contexto: There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
But it is true that in an interview I gave recently I did describe a sudden, distinct feeling I had one hectic day that everything I was doing was right and things were happening as they should.
It seemed like the memory of a voice and it came wrapped in its own brief little bubble of tranquillity. I'm not used to this.
As a fantasy writer I create fresh gods and philosophies almost with every new book … But since contracting Alzheimer's disease I have spent my long winter walks trying to work out what it is that I really, if anything, believe.
“Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel?”
A similar remark was reportedly made by Pratchett in The Herald (4 October 2004): I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Contexto: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.
Fonte: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Variante: It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.
Fonte: A Hat Full of Sky