The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, …

Terry Pratchett
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The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, nay, duty to be where you were. It helped if you could also suggest in every line of your body that no one else had any rights to be doing anything, anywhere, whatsoever. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2002). Night watch, Doubleday UK
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The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, nay, duty to be where you were. It helped if you could also suggest in every line of your body that no one else had any rights to be doing anything, anywhere, whatsoever. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2002). Night watch, Doubleday UK

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