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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 2h

But the great, open ingenious purpose of Unseen University was to be the weight on the arm of magic, causing it to swing with grave majesty like a pendulum rather than spin with deadly purpose like a morningstar. The Last Continent

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 5h

"Have you ever been in a pub where everyone goes armed? Oh, things are a little polite at first, I'll grant you, and then some twerp drinks out of the wrong mug or picks up someone else's change by mistake and five minutes later you're picking noses out of the beer nuts—" 𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘰

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 8h

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 11h

William Spigot was the one that sang when he worked, breaking into that long nasal whine which meant that folk song was about to be perpetrated. 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝑀𝒶𝓃

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 14h

"But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg. "That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em." 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 17h

When you’re up to your ass in alligators, today is the first day of the rest of your life. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 20h

Rincewind stared at the badge. He’d never had one before. Well, that was technically a lie...he’d had one that said ‘Hello, I Am 5 Today!’, which was just about the worst possible present to get when you are six. The Last Hero

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 23h

He could think in italics. Such people need watching. Preferably from a safe distance. Men at Arms

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Today is a good day for someone else to die!" (Dwarfish battle-cry) 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓎

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Fairly boring life, I imagine," said Rincewind. "I wouldn't know. I've never been anything else," said the tree. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"We don't have gods where I come from," said Twoflower. "You do, you know," said the Lady. "Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods." 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ponder shook his head. There were times when the desire to climb the thaumaturgical ladder was seriously blunted, and one of them was when you saw what was on top. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I taught myself. I'm entirely self-taught. You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing. 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Listen, Urn. The Church is run by people like Vorbis. That's how it all works. Millions of people have died for—for nothing but lies. We can stop all that—" 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'From' that was the most important factor in any mindless escape. You were always running from. 'To' could look after itself. Interesting Times

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the half full glass and say: What’s up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don’t think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who’s been pinching my beer? 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"No, you listen to me," hissed Vimes. "I mix with crooks and thieves and thugs all day and that doesn't worry me at all but after two minutes with you I need a bath." 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓎

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A man can be defined by the things he hates. There were quite a lot of things that Captain Vimes hated. Assassins were near the top of the list, just after kings and the undead. Men at Arms

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ponder’s mind raced, and hit some horrible speed bumps in his imagination. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓷𝓽

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just because fate throws you together doesn't mean fate's got it right. Pyramids

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Those first pyramids had been built by human beings, little bags of thinking water held up briefly by fragile accumulations of calcium, who had cut rocks into pieces and then painfully put them back together again in a better shape. 𝓟𝔂𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓭𝓼

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"We thought you were dead!" He had to admit that it wasn't a very good line. You didn't put people on a slab with candles and lilies all round them because you think they've got a bit of a headache and want a nice lie down for half an hour. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote. 𝑀𝑜𝓇𝓉

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And they were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer. Men at Arms

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What had she ever earned? The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the best ditches, they gave you a bigger shovel. 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓹𝓮 𝓙𝓾𝓰𝓾𝓵𝓾𝓶

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Theft was the only crime, whether the loot was gold, innocence, land or life. 𝓙𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People have reality-dampers. 𝓢𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓖𝓸𝓭𝓼

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DEATH IS WHOEVER DOES DEATH'S JOB, said Death. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"I'm not having this," he muttered. "Not in my damn university. It's worse than students." 𝒮𝑜𝓊𝓁 𝑀𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When an obvious innocent sits down with three experienced card sharpers and says "How do you play this game, then?", someone is about to be shaken down until their teeth fall out. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How fast did a forest's heart beat? Once a year, maybe. Yes, that sounded about right. 𝓦𝔂𝓻𝓭 𝓢𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nanny Ogg quite liked cooking, provided there were other people around to do things like chop up the vegetables and wash the dishes afterwards. 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓐𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓪𝓭

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh? Men at Arms

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"You like it?" he said to Mort, in pretty much the same tone of voice people used when they said to St George, "You killed a what?" Mort

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ripples of paradox spread out across the sea of causality. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions. 𝑷𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One said, That is the point. The word is him. Becoming a personality is inefficient. We don't want it to spread. Supposing gravity developed a personality? Supposing it decided to like people? One said, Got a crush on them, sort of thing? 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Precisely," said a passing bush. The Colour of Magic

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Huh! Priests!" said Mr. Shoe. "They're all the same. Always telling you that you're going to live again after you're dead, but you just try it and see the look on their faces!" 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓪𝓷

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had grown used to things like effects following things like causes. 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓻𝔂

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The allegiance of elves is spiderweb thin and the currency of Fairyland is glamour. Terry Pratchett

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He crawled back to Eric. "There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind. 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The memory was creeping over her from somewhere that this one was not only real but on her side. It was an unfamiliar concept. Her side had normally consisted of her. 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓵 𝓜𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But then...it used to be so simple, once upon a time. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Of course, it was only a temporary measure, but Rincewind had always considered that life was no more than a series of temporary measures strung together. 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if there is one thing a wizard would trade his grandfather for, it is power. 𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓬

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yet another word for diplomat, Vimes mused, was "spy." The only difference was that the host government knew who you were. The game was to outwit them, presumably. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Quick, you must come with me," she said. "You're in great danger!" "Why?" "Because I will kill you if you don't." 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓻𝔂

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