“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.”
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The very first Pratchett I read was The Light Fantastic:
I still consider it his best work, and one of my favorite books of all time, so ima gunna go off.
First, the book’s title comes from the poem L’Allegro, written by John Milton in 1631:
Some of my favorite quotes from it in tribute:
Thanks for these, that was lovely. The golden syrup in particular is some delicious prose and scene-setting.