Etykiety
METAPHORICALLY
Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields...NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT? THE DEATH OF RATS WOULD RIDE SOME KIND OF DOG.
Picture more fields, a great horizon-spanning network of fields, rolling in gentle waves...
DON'T ASK ME I DON'T KNOW. SOME KIND OF TERRIER, MAYBE.
...fields of corn, alive, whispering in the breeze...
RIGHT, AND THE DEATH OF FLEAS CAN RIDE IT TOO. THAT WAY YOU KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
...awaiting the clockwork of the seasons.
METAPHORICALLY.
Like eagles
Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like eagles up here, he thought. Sometimes we show tortoise how to fly. Then we let go.
No Justice
Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
There will be justice," said Brutha. "If there is no justice, there is nothing.Kategorie: sprawiedliwość,
Five exclamation marks
Maskerade, Terry Pratchett
And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.Kategorie: szaleństwo,
Diamonds
The Truth, Terry Pratchett
Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.