RidcullyCorrect. Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.
Lord VetinariDo tell me if you feel obliged to make another.
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RidcullyRead my lips: Words do not kill! People kill. Wild animals kill. But words... words have a totally different power. They enter in through our eyes and ears and work their way into our souls.
Mr. PumpYou have stolen, embezzled, and swindled. You have ruined businesses and destroyed lives. When banks fail, it's not bankers who starve. In a thousand small ways, you have hastened the deaths of many. You did not know them. You did not see them bleed. But you snatched bread from their mouths. There will be no running.
Moist Von LipwigAdora, those things I said on the gallows, when I was staring death in the face, about the gentlest touch of all... you do know I meant every word?
Adora Belle DearheartYes. It's amazing the rubbish some people spout when they're trying to save their lives.
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RidcullyHow many words are here? A million? Two million? What about in the whole building? There must be billions!
Moist Von LipwigOnly an academic could state the obvious and pass it off as wisdom.
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Mad AlI'm Mad Al, he's Sane Alex, and that's Adrian. He - He says he's not mad. But you can't prove it, can you?
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Ridcully[entering Lord Vetinari's office]This had better be important. I'm in the middle of an experiment.
Lord VetinariExcellent. Kindly have it up and running by dawn tomorrow.
RidcullyNow listen, magic is not some kind of workman's tool that you can hire out by the hour.
Lord VetinariJust as well, because I wasn't intending to pay you.
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Moist Von Lipwig[reading ravaged sign on Post Office]"No glom of nit can stay these mes engers abot their duty." What the hell does that mean?
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Stanley Howler[reading regulations while trapped in burning post office]If trapped, await "A", rescue, or "B", death. Straightforward enough.
[begins idle whistling; Moist bursts in]
Stanley Howler"A" it is, then.
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[Adora treads heavily on Moist's foot with her boot]
Adora Belle DearheartWhat's sticking into your foot is a steel-tipped four-inch stiletto heel, the most dangerous footwear in the world. Now I know what you're thinking. Could she push it all the way through to the floor?
Moist Von LipwigIf you want a quote, Miss Cripslock, try this - "Neither rain nor fire will stop the post!"
Miss CripslockVery stirring. But his quote had 'war' in it.
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Reacher GiltYou see, the Clacks system works at the cutting edge of technology and in the white heat of progress, there are sometimes complications, but I can assure you, these are now all resolved.
Miss CripslockSome people are saying...
Reacher Gilt[interrupting her]And we will be providing refunds for any messages that have lost. All you have to do is fill in the claim form. But I do urge your readers not to do anything as rash as writing a letter and sending it by post.
Miss CripslockWouldn't you...
Reacher GiltYou might as well tear it up and scatter it to the four winds!
Miss CripslockMr Gilt, this claims form is 50 pages long.
[It is clear from the expression on Gilt's face that he was hoping nobody would realize this]
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Drumknott[Lipwig is about to be hung]I bring an edict from Lord Vetinari, patrician of Ankh-Morpork.