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Firstly, said Ponder, Mr Pessimal wants to know what we do here.Do? We are the premier college of magic! said Ridcully.But do we teach?Only if no alternative presents itself, said the Dean. We show ‘em where the library is, give ‘em a few little chats, and graduate the survivors. If they run into any problems, my door is always metaphorically open.Metaphorically, sir? said Ponder.Yes. But technically, of course, it’s locked.Explain to him that we don’t do things, Stibbons, said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. We are academics.

Terry Pratchett

Firstly, said Ponder, Mr Pessimal wants to know what we do here.Do? We are the premier college of magic! said Ridcully.But do we teach?Only if no alternative presents itself, said the Dean. We show ‘em where the library is, give ‘em a few little chats, and graduate the survivors. If they run into any problems, my door is always metaphorically open.Metaphorically, sir? said Ponder.Yes. But technically, of course, it’s locked.Explain to him that we don’t do things, Stibbons, said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. We are academics.

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About Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for his 41 comic fantasy novels set on the Discworld, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990) which he wrote with Neil Gaiman.
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.