WIST Quotations

Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 10, Moving Pictures (1990)

Dave — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:48:41 +0000

The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog’s wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has its own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It’s like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 10, Moving Pictures (1990)
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Stross, Charles -- The Fuller Memorandum (2010)

Dave — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:58:14 +0000

“He’s awake.” The woman’s voice is heavy with satisfaction. “All-Highest will be most pleased.” As words to wake to, those leave something to be desired; but beggars can’t be choosers.

Charles "Charlie" Stross (b. 1964) British writer
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)

Colton, Charles Caleb -- Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 262 (1822)

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:12:20 +0000

Bed is a bundle of paradoxes; we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; and we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 262 (1822)
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Gaiman, Neil -- Sandman, Book 2. The Doll’s House, # 16 “Lost Hearts” (1990)

Dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:20:31 +0000

ROSE: “And then she woke up.” I suppose there are worse endings.

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British author, screenwriter, fabulist
Sandman, Book 2. The Doll’s House, # 16 “Lost Hearts” (1990)
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Straczynski, J. Michael "Joe" -- Babylon 5, 1×13 “Signs and Portents” (8 May 1994)

Dave — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:44:48 +0000

IVANOVA: I’ve always had a hard time getting up when it’s dark outside.
SINCLAIR: But in space, it’s always dark.
IVANOVA: I know. I know.

J. Michael (Joe) Straczynski (b. 1954) American screenwriter, producer, author [a/k/a "JMS"]
Babylon 5, 1×13 “Signs and Portents” (8 May 1994)