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This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. and fate always wins.
-Terry Pratchett
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This Is Where The Gods Play Games

Terry Pratchett
This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. and fate always wins.
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