#lady deirdre waggon

[pratchettquotes]

"Ah. You've been reading a new book? But not one by Lady Deirdre Waggon, I'll wager."

"No, Because She Is Out Of Touch With Modern Thought. I Laugh With Scorn."

"Yes, I imagine you would do," said Moist thoughtfully. "And I expect Miss Dearheart gave you said book?"

"Yes. It Is Entitled Why Men Get Under Your Feet, By Releventia Flout," said Gladys earnestly.

And we start out with the best of intentions, thought Moist, find 'em out, dig 'em up, make 'em free. But we don't know what we're doing, or what we're doing it to.

"Gladys, the thing about books...well, the thing...I mean just because it's written down, you don't have to...that is to say, it doesn't mean it's...what I'm getting at is that every book is--"

He stopped. They believed in words. Words give them life. I can't tell her that we just throw them around like jugglers, we change their meaning to suit ourselves--

He patted Gladys on the shoulder. "Well, read them all and make up your own mind, eh?"

Terry Pratchett, Making Money

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[thedungeonmother]

Moist groaned. “Gladys, what did the counter girls give you to read this time?” he said.

“It Is Lady Deirdre Waggon’s Prudent Advice For Young Women,” said Gladys. “It Is Most Interesting. It Is How Things Are Done.”

- Making Money, Discworld #36

I love Gladys. She's amazing. In fact there hasn't been a single Golem I haven't loved. I kinda identify with them a bit both as a non binary and as an autistic.

Amazing.

#live reading #discworld #making money #moist von lipwig #gladys

[goodgrammaritan]

Miss Drapes with silent. All she knew was that she was going to follow this to the end. After all, she'd spent the night in a man's bedroom, and Lady Deirdre Waggon had a lot to say about that. She was technically a ruined woman, which seemed unfair given that, even more technically, she wasn't.

Making Money by Terry Pratchett

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