Terry Pratchett: Citáty v angličtine (page 2)
Terry Pratchett bol anglický autor. Citáty v angličtine.“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
General sources
Varianta: It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.
Zdroj: The Last Continent
“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
Pratchett is credited as author of this, as quoted in Ghost Cats : Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (2007) by Dusty Rainbolt, p. 7, and in Chicken Soup for the Soul : What I Learned from the Cat (2009) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
Quote attributed to unknown author, in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats : And the People Who Love Them (2004) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Sharon J. Wohlmuth, p. 1
General sources
Varianta: In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this.
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
Zdroj: Lords and Ladies
“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
Zdroj: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Kontext: There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
But it is true that in an interview I gave recently I did describe a sudden, distinct feeling I had one hectic day that everything I was doing was right and things were happening as they should.
It seemed like the memory of a voice and it came wrapped in its own brief little bubble of tranquillity. I'm not used to this.
As a fantasy writer I create fresh gods and philosophies almost with every new book … But since contracting Alzheimer's disease I have spent my long winter walks trying to work out what it is that I really, if anything, believe.
“Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel?”
A similar remark was reportedly made by Pratchett in The Herald (4 October 2004): I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Kontext: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.
Zdroj: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Varianta: It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.
Zdroj: A Hat Full of Sky
“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
Zdroj: Going Postal
“Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.”
Zdroj: The Truth