SO…YOU’RE SAYING THAT THIS VAT COULD EXIST SOMEWHERE IN A TRULY INFINITE EVERYWHERE, AND THEREFORE IT CAN EXIST HERE? said Death. ‘Indeed,’ said Chaos. BUT IT NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE PLACE WHERE IT SHOULD EXIST. ‘No. It should, NOW, exist here. The maths is easy,’ said Chaos. AH? WELL, MATHS, said Death dismissively. GENERALLY […]
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Everyone has a conditional clause in their life, some little unspoken addition tot he rules like ‘except when I really need to’ or ‘unless no one is looking’ or, indeed, ‘unless the first one was nougat’. Soto had for centuries embraced a belief in the sanctity of all life and the ultimate uselessness of violence, […]
IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHANGE OF FORTUNE AT THE LAST MINUTE YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FORTUNE TO THE LAST MINUTE, said Death. WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN. Terry Pratchett, “Thief of Time”
‘Coffee beans coated in chocolate,’ breathed Susan. ‘They should be outlawed!’ The two women watched in horror as Lu-Tze put one in his mouth. He gave them a surprised look. ‘Quite nice, but I prefer liquorice,’ he said. ‘You mean you don’t want another one?’ said Susan. ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Are you SURE?’ ‘Yes. I’d […]
And now you must all go and bring terror and destruction and so on and so forth, said the Auditor. Correct? Death nodded. Floating in the air above him, the Angel of the Iron Book slammed the pages back and forth in an effort to find his place. EXACTLY. ONLY, WHILE IT IS TRUE WE […]
She turned on Susan a glare like a thermic lance. ‘You’ll be thinking, this is an old biddy of a midwife,’ she said. ‘You’ll be thinking, what does she know?’ Susan paid her the courtesy of not lying. ‘Part of me was,’ she admitted. ‘Good answer! PART of us thinks all kinds of things,’ said […]
And Lu-Tze read: ’“And the Angel clothèd all in white opened the Iron Book, and a FIFTH rider appeared in a chariot of burning ice, and there was a snapping of laws and a breaking of bonds and the multitude cried ‘Oh God, we’re in trouble now!’”’ ‘That was me,’ said Ronnie proudly. Terry Pratchett, “Thief […]
‘Look on the bright side,’ she added. ‘We’re young, we’ve got all the time in the world…’ She swung the wrench onto her shoulder. ‘Let’s go clubbing.’ Terry Pratchett, “Thief of Time”
‘Lobsang. Lobsang Ludd. Look, could you wind me up, please? It’s urgent.’ ‘Certainly. Lobsang Ludd, you are thoughtless and impulsive and deserve to die a stupid and pointless death.’ ‘What?’ ‘And you are also rather slow on the uptake. You are referring to this handle?’ Terry Pratchett, “Thief of Time”(Susan there’s no need to use puns […]
‘You’ve never been tempted by the prospect of marriage, old man?’ said War, when she’d gone. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IN NO WAY. ‘Why not?’ Death was nonplussed. It was like asking a brick wall what it thought of dentistry. As a question, it made no sense. Terry Pratchett, “Thief of Time”
The Land of Noir and Chocolate 