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Yup, no one messes with Granny! đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
[Headology!]

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"The man raised his sword. Lightning speared down again and split a stone a few yards away, filling the air with smoke and the stink of burnt silicon. 'Missed,' he said smugly, and Granny saw his muscles tense as he prepared to bring the sword down. A look of extreme puzzlement crossed his face. He tilted his head sideways and opened his mouth, as if trying to come to terms with a new idea. His sword dropped out of his hand and landed point downwards in the peat. Then he gave a sigh and folded up, very gently, collapsing in a heap at Granny's feet. She gave him a gentle prod with her toe. 'Perhaps you weren't aware of what I was aiming at,' she whispered. 'Mother of the night, indeed!' The soldier who had tried to restrain the man stared in horror at the bloody dagger in his hand, and backed away. 'I-I-I couldn't let. He shouldn't of. It's – it's not right to,' he stuttered."--from Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.

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Rincewind's in love.....
....And so is the Luggage đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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"‘Not you, too?’ he said. Possibly it was only the play of sunlight on the Luggage’s battered lid, but it was just possible that for an instant it looked redder than usual. Of course, sapient pearwood has this sort of weird mental link with its owner . . . Rincewind shook his head. Still, it’d explain why the thing wasn’t its normal malignant self. ‘It’d never work,’ he said. ‘I mean, she’s a female and you’re a, well, you’re a—’ He paused. ‘Well, whatever you are, you’re of the wooden persuasion. It’d never work. People would talk.’" 2/2--from Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.

"Rincewind didn’t comment. He was busily examining the state of his own mind, and wasn’t happy at the sight of it. He had a horrible feeling that he was falling in love. He was sure he had all the symptoms. There were the sweaty palms, the hot sensation in the stomach, the general feeling that the skin of his chest was made of tight elastic. There was the feeling every time Conina spoke, that someone was running hot steel into his spine." 1/2--from Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.
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    And that's the Luggage for you! One of the many entertaining characters from the Discworld series đŸ€Ł

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    "The Luggage didn’t have any features at all, apart from a lock and a couple of hinges, but it could stare better than a rockful of iguanas. It could outstare a glass-eyed statue. When it came to a look of betrayed pathos, the Luggage could leave the average kicked spaniel moping back in its kennel. It had several arrowheads and broken swords sticking in it."--from Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.
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    Indeed, totally agree with Death on this point!

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    Granny's problem with healthy teeth leading to a lack of “real crone-credibility”, and a general absence of warts đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
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    "Granny suffered from robustly healthy teeth, which she considered a big drawback in a witch. She really envied Nanny Annaple, the witch over the mountain, who managed to lose all her teeth by the time she was twenty and had real crone-credibility. It meant you ate a lot of soup, but you also got a lot of respect. And then there was warts. Without any effort Nanny managed to get a face like a sockful of marbles, while Granny had tried every reputable wart-causer and failed to raise even the obligatory nose wart. Some witches had all the luck."--from Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
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    Headology:

    “That’s right,” said Granny. “It’s called headology.” She tapped her silver hair, which was drawn into a tight bun that could crack rocks.

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    "Most people’ll get over most things if they put their minds to it, you just have to give them an interest.” She patted Esk’s hand as nicely as possible. “You’re a bit young for this,” she said, “but as you grow older you’ll find most people don’t set foot outside their own heads much. You too,” she added gnomically."--from Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
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    The need to care; the Essence of Death:

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    "LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"--from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

    "LORD, WE KNOW THERE IS NO GOOD ORDER EXCEPT THAT WHICH WE CREATE . . . Azrael’s expression did not change. THERE IS NO HOPE BUT US. THERE IS NO MERCY BUT US. THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST US. The dark, sad face filled the sky. ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST, THEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT BLIND OBLIVION. AND EVEN OBLIVION MUST END SOME DAY. LORD, WILL YOU GRANT ME JUST A LITTLE TIME? FOR THE PROPER BALANCE OF THINGS. TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN. FOR THE SAKE OF PRISONERS AND THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS."--from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
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    Life and death

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    Perspective:

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    The Wizards in a nutshell!

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

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    "The wizards backed away. “It can’t be intelligent, can it?” said the Bursar. “All it’s doing is moving around slowly and eating things,” said the Dean. “Put a pointy hat on it and it’d be a faculty member,” said the Archchancellor."--from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
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    Time to murder some cheese!

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

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    The meaning of being alive:
    (Courtesy Death)

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    "Was that what it was really like to be alive? The feeling of darkness dragging you forward? How could they live with it? And yet they did, and even seemed to find enjoyment in it, when surely the only sensible course would be to despair. Amazing. To feel you were a tiny living thing, sandwiched between two cliffs of darkness. How could they stand to be alive?"--from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
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    A metaphor on evolution, survival and life:

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    "Everything that exists, yearns to live. That’s what the cycle of life is all about. That’s the engine that drives the great biological pumps of evolution. Everything tries to inch its way up the tree, clawing or tentacling or sliming its way up to the next niche until it gets to the very top—which, on the whole, never seems to have been worth all that effort.”-- from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
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    Introducing "Mrs. Evadne Cake... a medium, verging on small."

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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    That's an apt play on words! Poor Windle!

    From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

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