Wikiquote:Quote of the day/March 13, 2015

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Rincewind thought: I can’t be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I’d be mad, and I’m not mad, so trees can’t talk.

~ Terry Pratchett ~
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~ The Light Fantastic ~




 
 

In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.

~ Mircea Eliade ~