# Wyrd Sisters

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Terry Pratchett]]
- Full Title: Wyrd Sisters
- Category: #books

## Highlights
- The wind howled. Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient assassin. ([Location 15](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000W94DZC&location=15))
- Most people aren’t. They live their lives as a sort of temporal blur around the point where their body actually is—anticipating the future, or holding onto the past. They’re usually so busy thinking about what happens next that the only time they ever find out what is happening now is when they come to look back on it. Most people are like this. They learn how to fear because they can actually tell, down at the subconscious level, what is going to happen next. It’s already happening to them. ([Location 127](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000W94DZC&location=127))
    - Tags: [[present]] 
- She gave the guards a nod as she went through. It didn’t occur to either of them to stop her because witches, like beekeepers and big gorillas, went where they liked. In any case, an elderly lady banging a bowl with a spoon was probably not the spearhead of an invasion force. ([Location 1934](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000W94DZC&location=1934))
- “You’re wondering whether I really would cut your throat,” panted Magrat. “I don’t know either. Think of the fun we could have together, finding out.” ([Location 2261](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000W94DZC&location=2261))
- “We’re all just people.” Nanny blew a cloud of blue smoke at the chimney. “Everyone’s just people.” ([Location 3923](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000W94DZC&location=3923))