Timeline for Terry Pratchett book quote where a character talks about being good to people because they hate people
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| Jun 7, 2022 at 10:32 | answer | added | AncientSwordRage♦ | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 14:33 | answer | added | Bjorn Eriksson | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 13:36 | comment | added | Spratty | I'm positive there's a quote that fits this perfectly, and I think it's something Nanny Ogg says when she's talking to someone (perhaps Magret, or maybe Agnes) about Granny, but I can't quite bring it to mind and all my Pratchett books are packed away for now. I was thinking perhaps Maskerade, Lords and Ladies or Carpe Jugulum. If I can find the quote I'm looking for online I'll be back with an answer. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 13:31 | comment | added | Bjorn Eriksson | William de Worde is a match too. Because of his upbringing, he had a negative view of what his parents thought of as "lesser races". Since he was aware of this he always tried to be friendly and polite to the dwarves he worked with—something they noticed and called him out on. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 0:52 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage♦ | Vimes and Granny both embody that 'Almost don't trust myself with the darkness inside myself' theme. Granny makes that clear really early on in the witches books but Vimes grows into it peaking around Fifth Elephant. As such I could find lots of near matches but nothing exact | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1533554268795445253 | ||
| Jun 5, 2022 at 20:37 | comment | added | FuzzyBoots | Veterinari kind of fits too. People are extremely messy, but treating them well makes the whole mechanism of society work. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 18:43 | comment | added | Pete | Sounds more like Sam Vimes. He often says that he dislikes people in general, << I don't like dwarfs, Littlebottom, but then I don't like trolls or humans much either. >> And he often says that he has to keep a close watch on himself << 'Who watches the watchmen?', 'Me, Mr Pessimal.’ , ‘Ah, but who watches you, your grace?’ , ‘I do that too. All the time,’ >> I can't think of any single quote that includes both. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 15:42 | comment | added | Valorum | 'But... I... I... I'm the good one,' Lily murmured, her face pale with shock. 'I'm the good one. I can't lose. I'm the godmother. You're the wicked witch . . . and you've broken the mirror . . .' . . . 'You've got to help me put . . . the images must be balanced . . .' Lily murmured faintly, backing up against the remaining glass.'Good? Good? Feeding people to stories? Twisting people's lives? That's good, is it?' said Granny. 'You mean you didn't even have fun? If I'd been as bad as you, I've have been a whole lot worse. Better at it than you've ever dreamed of.' - Witches Abroad? | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 15:37 | comment | added | Valorum | Almost certainly Granny | |
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| S Jun 5, 2022 at 15:13 | history | asked | tehanu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |