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Which I think was the message of the book.

just after this is a most important line that unfortunately always gets cut: YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME? which is 100% applicable to real life

Initial pages of the Stephen Briggs' adaptation to whet your appetite (found it with search, no yarrr for now) api.pageplace.de/preview/DT04... no pages from the play, just some encouraging words from Stephen himself

This is partially why I still believe in the spirit of Christmas and sort of Santa.

Happy Hogswatch, Micah.

I have observed, that the greatest interpretations of what religion should teach, came from atheist authors. So called believers want religion to control the masses.

I spent so much of the book wondering, as Susan did, why the Sun wouldn’t rise. And then… THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN. “Really? Then what would have happened, pray?” A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD. and I had to put the book down in awe.

Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.

She had the knowin'—and could put it into words.* * Words given to her by her creator, our Lord and Narrativium-Engineer Pterry.

Discovering that the Dalai Lama and Granny Weatherwax would agree on the wrongness of "people as things" is probably a sign that it's an idea worth embracing. 🙂

Treating people as things comes to my mind almost weekly lately.

Yes. It's an entire gospel as well. Thank you, Pterry. GNU.

Most of TP shows us how to live a better life tbh

Genius writing.

I also love the bit that comes right before this. (the below quote) the revelation that He cared for humans so much, he did all that to preserve a metaphor. that is to say, to preserve wonder, and imagination.

YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?

This year, my sister had a lovely request for Christmas: giving her music, books, and other media that's important to the giver so she can share it. One of mine to her is Hogfather, with a little note inserted on the page where this passage is

I've always wondered if this speech was a direct response to ventari's speech at the end of guards guards.

Hogfather was thick with Pratchett-ian insights

Thank you, that was exactly the scene!

My favorite quote in the whole Discworld Universe.

This quote came up in my facespace memories today - I’ve always loved the idea of being the place where the rising ape meets the falling angel. Says so much about who we humans are.

I hope you continuously get positive feedback. I have always loved how Pratchett took “heavy” ideas and made them accessible and relatable to everyday concerns. Have a wonderful day and thanks.

I hope you can get to the last part of that discussion. “NO. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?”

The dragon in John Gardner's amazing novel Grendel has much the same outlook, and expresses it eloquently. Recommended.

Agreed. Still gives me chills every time I read it.

Your Discworld posts just might be the best thing on BlueSky. Thanks

So good 🥰 I remember being stopped dead in my tracks when I first read this passage

Agreed. Absolute Literature.

I love that passage. I agree that it's one of the best ever written.

It really is.

Yes. Happy Hogswatch :)

Happy Hogswatch.

Hogfather gave me an ability to get something out of the season again after I lost my original frame of reference.

I am not sure it's politics as much as it is literally being human. He absolutely shaped a lot of my worldview

Death's quote is existential philosophy, Vimes' quote is political philosophy, and Granny's quote is moral philosophy.

I am Unitarian Universalist and these three things make up most of my statement of faith. This is the passage that I built my theory of serious bullshit on that has helped guide a lot of my life.

I’m now rereading all of the Discworld. I haven’t read them all since I was in highschool. I knew Terry shaped my sense of humor. I didn’t realized how much of my politics and view of religion came from him and I’m grateful for it.

A good example of the adage that inside every cynic is a disappointed optimist.

I have worked in government (all views my own, etc.) for almost 20 years, and my guiding principle, which has never failed me yet, is what would Vimes and Granny tell me to do? It's always made me work harder, but I've never regretted it for a second, and I've done some good for people in need.

AI reminds me more of “almost but not entirely unlike tea”.

I'm frankly surprised that nobody in the AI industry has named their business the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. The only thing they seem to be good at is misusing literary references.

At a minimum, it's up there.

I saw a discussion recently critiquing his view of people, but, while he IS very cynical, I think THIS is the true heart of terry pratchett. He's critical, yes, but he cares. and he's critical BECAUSE he cares.

A line I sit in awe with every time I read it

I've had this floating around in my Facebook memories for a few years, not sure where I first found it.