It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that…

Terry Pratchett
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It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that it had generated harmonics of fear all the way along his lifeline. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1), p.165, Random House
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It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that it had generated harmonics of fear all the way along his lifeline. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1), p.165, Random House

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