An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the…

Terry Pratchett
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An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean.
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He'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people. ✨ Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Wit … ▶
But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be … ▶
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24), p.123, Random House
Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom. ✨ Sex, death and nature: Laurie Penny interviews Terry Pratchett. www.newstatesman.com. November 21, 2012.
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An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean.

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