Krull Quotes

Just call me the Boswell of the Krull Gang.

That's what people are like: they want talent, which is inherently peculiar, yet they absolutely don't want the peculiarities connected to it - perhaps necessarily bound up with it - which they refuse to understand or forgive.

I hope you're not proposing to enslave us,' said Twoflower. Marchesa looked genuinely shocked. 'Certainly not! Whatever could have given you that idea? Your lives in Krull will be rich, full and comfortable-' 'Oh, good,' said Rincewind. '-just not very long.

—Yo no estoy acostumbrado a tomarme la vida a broma, querido marqués. La frivolidad no es lo mío, y menos aún en cuestión de travesuras; porque hay travesuras y bromas que deben tomarse muy, muy en serio…, o nunca saldrán bien. Una gran broma sólo llega a serlo cuando uno ha invertido en ella toda la seriedad del mundo.

Nine women possess the same rights as a man... to learning and knowledge.

She was not a woman; but she was not a man either and therefore not a human being. A solemn angel of daring with parted lips and dilated nostrils, that is what she was, an unapproachable Amazon of the realms of space beneath the canvas, high above the crowd, whose lust for her was transformed into awe.

la palabra es enemiga de lo misterioso y cruel delatora de lo vulgar.

Porque quien tiene confianza en sí mismo practica lo más difícil para estar mejor preparado en lo fácil,

Çünkü insanlardan uzak durmak çilekeşlikse , onları kabul etmek daha büyük çilekeşliktir...

The astro-philosophers of Krull once succeeded in proving conclusively that all places are one place and that the distance between them is an illusion, and this news was an embarrassment to all thinking philosophers because it did not explain, among other things, signposts. After years of wrangling the whole thing was then turned over to Ly Tin Wheedle, arguably the Disc’s greatest philosopher* who after some thought proclaimed that although it was indeed true that all places were one place, that place was very large.

Sărăcia, cum bine se spune, nu este o rușine, dar asta-i doar o vorbă. Fiindcă ea este cât se poate de înspăimântătoare pentru cei ce au parte de ea, pe jumătate cusur și pe jumătate reproș nehotărât, așadar în totul foarte dezagreabilă, și a te amesteca cu ea ar putea avea urmări neplăcute.

It is human nature to believe that the phenomena we know are the only ones that exist,” Marie wrote, “and whenever some chance discovery extends the limits of our knowledge we are filled with amazement.” She was talking about radioactivity, but she could almost have been talking about the supernatural: “We cannot become accustomed to the idea that we live in a world that is revealed to us only in a restricted portion of its manifestations.

I think I've found the one thing more confusing then math: BOYS

For fun, we sometimes unofficially changed our names when we crossed country borders, with such variations as Jean-Pierre and Fifi (France), Hans and Heidi (Germany and Austria), Carlos and Carlotta (Spain), Sergio and Sophia (Italy), Dominic and Nehru (Romania), and Mary and Josepf (Poland). This helped us get in the spirit of each new country.

Marie had professors who said, “don’t trust what people teach you, and above all what I teach you.” In other words, think independently and test supposed “facts.” She was in heaven.

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The astro-philosophers of Krull once succeeded in proving conclusively that all places are one place and that the distance between them is an illusion, and this news was an embarrassment to all thinking philosophers because it did not explain, among other things, signposts.

The astro-philosophers of Krull once succeeded in proving conclusively that all places are one place and that the distance between them is an illusion, and this news was an embarrassment to all thinking philosophers because it did not explain, among other things, signposts. After years of wrangling the whole thing was then turned over to Ly Tin Wheedle, arguably the Disc’s greatest philosopher22, who after some thought proclaimed that although it was indeed true that all places were one place, that place was very large.

Tumbling past, totally out of control, is the bronze shell of the Potent Voyager, a sort of neolithic spaceship built and pushed over the edge by the astronomer-priests of Krull, which is conveniently situated on the very rim of the world and proves, whatever people say, that there is such a thing as a free launch.

Math—realized I left my homework at Dad’s. Mr. Gower gave me a short-tempered Elliott when I told him that. Mr. Gower is not my favorite. Language Arts—listened to more information about our business project. We’re going to have to make a slideshow, poster, and four-page document just for the proposal. That’s just to get approval—that’s not even the final project! I am trying very hard not to think about it. Lunch—I sit with Gilbert, Kunal, Drew, and Victor because I don’t know what else to do. They don’t say “no offense” at any point, so that’s good. But the entire time they talk about their school project. Victor has the idea to make Kingdom of Krull catapults out of wooden craft sticks. Which, honestly, sounds amazing.

All societies have their share of dropouts, but on Krull they never had a chance to drop back in again.

Then there was a time I woke up and there was your world coming at me like a custard pie thrown by the Creator and, well, I landed in the sea not far from the Circumfence widdershins of Krull.