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"Every time the long-forgotten people of the past are remembered, they are born again!"

"To forget is to blithely toss aside the hard lessons that were hard won by others before us, thereby needlessly dooming us to endure the hard lessons that are likely to be forgotten by those who will follow us. And it is altogether reasonable that in order to avoid this repetitive trouncing, God graciously granted us memories."

"Memory is a few lines snipped from a larger story that we are privileged to tuck away between the pages of our minds."

"That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old soldiers' song,' he said. Really, sarge? But it's about angels.' Yes, thought Vimes, and it's amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It's a real soldiers' song: sentimental, with dirty bits. As I recall, they used to sing it after battles,' he said. 'I've seen old men cry when they sing it,' he added. Why? It sounds cheerful.' They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You'll learn. I know you will."

"We sometimes take photos (or record a video) so that we can later see what was happening while we were busy taking photos (or recording a video)."
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"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."

"If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers."

"Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else."

"Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has."

"Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty."

"Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end."
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