This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fair…

Terry Pratchett
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This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31), p.452, Random House
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This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31), p.452, Random House

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