Background Image

Sometimes i think a man could wander across the disc all his life and not see everything there is to see,' said twoflower. 'and now it seems there are lots of other worlds as well. when i think i might die without seeing a hundredth of all there is to see it makes me feel,' he paused, then added, 'well, humble, i suppose. and very angry, of course.

-Terry Pratchett

Please Wait....
Translating....

Sometimes I Think A Man Could Wander

Terry Pratchett

Sometimes i think a man could wander across the disc all his life and not see everything there is to see,' said twoflower. 'and now it seems there are lots of other worlds as well. when i think i might die without seeing a hundredth of all there is to see it makes me feel,' he paused, then added, 'well, humble, i suppose. and very angry, of course.

Views: 49793

Cite this Page

Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.

APA FORMAT

Embed this Quote

Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.

HTML CODE

<blockquote style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border-left: 4px solid #8b5cf6; padding-left: 15px; margin: 20px 0; background: #f9f9f9; padding: 15px; border-radius: 4px; color: #333;">
    <p style="font-size: 1.2rem; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 10px;">"sometimes i think a man could wander across the disc all his life and not see everything there is to see,&amp;#039; said twoflower. &amp;#039;and now it seems there are lots of other worlds as well. when i think i might die without seeing a hundredth of all there is to see it makes me feel,&amp;#039; he paused, then added, &amp;#039;well, humble, i suppose. and very angry, of course."</p>
    <footer style="font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;">— Terry Pratchett</footer>
    <p style="margin-top: 15px; font-size: 0.85rem;"><a href="https://pjdigitalmarketing.com/quote/sometimes-i-think-a-man-could-wander-across-the-disc-all-his-wgaih" style="color: #8b5cf6; text-decoration: none;">View this quote on Pjdigitalmarketing.com</a></p>
</blockquote>

Topic

Humble Men Thinking

More From Terry Pratchett

Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous. quaint, when used to describe the occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-ridden and tumbledown. twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. tourist, rincewind had decided, mean 'idiot'.

There are only two worlds - your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. worlds like this are worlds of the human imagination: their reality, or lack of reality, is not important. what is important is that they are there. these worlds provide an alternative. provide an escape. provide a threat. provide a dream, and power; provide refuge, and pain. they give your world meaning. they do not exist; and thus they are all that matters.

Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... you feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. the memory of such moments is my most precious possession. maybe because there've been so few of them. a hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there-- even if you put them end to end they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds snatched from eternity.

There, master niketas,’ baudolino said, ‘when i was not prey to the temptations of this world, i devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. a bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the green honey. there is nothing better than imagining other worlds,’ he said, ‘to forget the painful one we live in. at least so i thought then. i hadn’t yet realized that, imagining other worlds, you end up changing this one.

I cannot exist without you - i am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my life seems to stop there - i see no further. you have absorb'd me. i have a sensation at the present moment as though i were dissolving... i have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - i have shudder'd at it - i shudder no more - i could be martyr'd for my religion - love is my religion - i could die for that - i could die for you. my creed is love and you are its only tenet - you have ravish'd me away by a power i cannot resist.

I consider myself conscious of how women are treated, and sometimes i can be a feminist. sometimes i'm a little republican, sometimes i'm a little democrat. sometimes i'm angry, sometimes i'm not angry. i'm not a total feminist, but i believe in rights for females. i believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace and we're only given 70 percent of our counterparts' salaries, then we shouldn't have to pay but 70 percent of our college tuition. maybe that'll stop the bullshit.

Similar Quotes

Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. one side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. one fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. which is right, time and experience will prove.

If the decline of christianity created the modern political zealot - and his crimes - so the evaporation of religious faith among the educated left a vacuum in the minds of western intellectuals easily filled by secular superstition. there is no other explanation for the credulity with which scientists, accustomed to evaluating evidence, and writers, whose whole function was to study and criticize society, accepted the crudest stalinist propaganda at its face value. they needed to believe; they wanted to be duped.

I've never discussed my writing with others much, but i don't believe it can do any harm. i don't think that there's any risk that ideas or materials will evaporate.

In american society today, we need to have volunteerism. i truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.

Trending Author

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Mark Russell

Mark Russell

Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

Category

Personal Growth

Happiness & Joy

Success & Business