Terry Pratchett Quotes
There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely empty of thought, except for a growing suspicion that heading towards you, like a sockful of damp sand in a nocturnal alleyway, are all the recollections you'd really rather do without, and which amount to the fact that the only mitigating factor in your horrible future is the certainty that it will be quite short.
Pratchett, Terry. Guards! Guards! Victor Gollancz, 1989.
This is the opposite viewpoint from most sages, wise men and philosophers. They maintain that people’s fears are almost always worse than the reality. However, Thompson was a great pessimist, sometimes an occupational hazard for a muckraker or an investigative journalist. When he really dug down deep enough in politics, there was usually something very unsavory he would find that most people did not expect.
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.
