Terry Pratchett Quote
After a while the Senior Wrangler said, Do you know, I read the other day that every atom in your body is changed every seven years? New ones keep getting attached and old ones keep on dropping off. It goes on all the time. Marvelous, really.The Senior Wrangler could do to a conversation what it takes quite thick treacle to do to the pedals of a precision watch. Yes? What happens to the old ones? said Ridcully, interested despite himself.Dunno. They just float around in the air, I suppose, until they get attached to someone else.The Archchancellor looked affronted. What, even wizards?Oh, yes. Everyone. It's part of the miracle of existence.Is it? Sounds like bad hygiene to me, said the Archchancellor. I suppose there's no way of stopping it?I shouldn't think so, said the Senior Wrangler, doubtfully. I don't think you're supposed to stop miracles of existence. But that means everythin' is made up of everythin' else, said Ridcully.Yes. Isn't it amazing?
After a while the Senior Wrangler said, Do you know, I read the other day that every atom in your body is changed every seven years? New ones keep getting attached and old ones keep on dropping off. It goes on all the time. Marvelous, really.The Senior Wrangler could do to a conversation what it takes quite thick treacle to do to the pedals of a precision watch. Yes? What happens to the old ones? said Ridcully, interested despite himself.Dunno. They just float around in the air, I suppose, until they get attached to someone else.The Archchancellor looked affronted. What, even wizards?Oh, yes. Everyone. It's part of the miracle of existence.Is it? Sounds like bad hygiene to me, said the Archchancellor. I suppose there's no way of stopping it?I shouldn't think so, said the Senior Wrangler, doubtfully. I don't think you're supposed to stop miracles of existence. But that means everythin' is made up of everythin' else, said Ridcully.Yes. Isn't it amazing?
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About Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001, he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron for ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.