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One of the most sharp-witted fantasy writers of our age passed away on the 12th March 2015. Sir Terence Pratchett, the talented English satirical writer, was truly like no other: talented, mind-blowingly witty and extraordinary courageous. The author of the Discworld series and famous ’Unadulterated cat’ had been fighting a rare form of Alzheimer’s for a good couple of years prior to his death. Due to this, Pratchett could no longer write, but he continued working nevertheless by vocally recording his new works and using speech recognition programs. And yet despite his hardships, Pratchett’s books were still filled with his singular ironic love of life. We here at  Bright Side  decided to share some quotes from Terry Pratchett’s books and interviews. Once again, these sayings (at times, they’re close to proverbs) just go to show that humor and engaging in one’s fav...

April 16, 2014   · by   Paul   ·  A popular travel column in the New York Times called “36 hours in…” has covered over 700 cities ranging from Lijiang, China to New Haven, Connecticut. But never a city in Pakistan. I am certainly not the New York Times, but wanted to make an attempt to change this by sharing a glimpse of my visit. Saturday. 8am. Airplane. Teenagers. “Where are you from?” “America.” “You’re going to get blown up!” The exchange with the Pakistani teenager next to me does not begin well. Pakistan is best known in the West as the home of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. It was quite high on the “I cannot believe you’re going there” list. Sensing the concern clouding my face, he breaks out into a wide grin. “Just kidding, man. You’re going to love it here. You Americans have totally the wrong image of Pakistan. Lahore is the party capital of Pakistan! Let me know if you want to go out tonight.” Turns out teenagers ha...