“… an obstruction on the exquisite lines of an otherwise graceful figure–as though Leonardo had left a strand of spaghetti dangling from the corner of Mona Lisa’s mouth.” Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls get the Blues.

“The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now before it runs away and becomes the then. And what they need most of all is nothing much happening.” Terry Pratchett, Nation

How true this is. And how sorely missed the genius of Terry Pratchett will be.