There is a curse that says 'may you live in interesting times'.

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'I always live in interestin' times,' said Cohen, in the satisfied voice of someone who did a lot to keep them interesting.

* * *

When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events -- the oil spilled just there, the safety fence broke just there -- that must also be a miracle. Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

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Butterfly: 'But there are causes worth dying for!'
Rincewind: 'No, there aren't! Because you've only got one life but you can pick up another five causes on any street corner!'
Butterfly: 'Good grief, how can you live with a philosophy like that?'
Rincewind: 'Continuously!'

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Saveloy: 'What do you call the things that grind corn?'
Beneficient Winds: 'Peasants.'
Saveloy: 'Yes, but what do they grind corn with?'
Beneficient Winds: 'I don't know. Why should I know? Only peasants need to know that.'
Saveloy: 'Yes, I suppose that says it all, really.'

* * *

'Down in Klatch they believe if you lead a good life you're rewarded by being sent to a paradise with lots of young women.'

'That's your reward, is it?'

'Dunno. Maybe it's their punishment.'