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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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"The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer."

"I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool."

"Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping."

"I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?"

"Everything seems to work with a recurring rhythm except life. There is only one birth and only one death. Nothing else is like that."

"You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect."
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