It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so...

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man...

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...