WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:51 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg terrorize – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992) https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/86562/ https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/86562/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:29:53 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=86562 Gods are not very introspective. It has never been a survival trait. The ability to cajole, threaten and terrify has always worked well enough. When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow’s-point-of-view is seldom necessary.


Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
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