The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everyt…

Terry Pratchett
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The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2010). I Shall Wear Midnight: (Discworld Novel 38), p.92, Random House
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The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2010). I Shall Wear Midnight: (Discworld Novel 38), p.92, Random House

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