Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn'…

Terry Pratchett
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Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust Mothers of Borogravia! and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31), p.138, Random House
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