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I've been reading some more Pratchett books, and as always, it's quite joyful and rewarding

Anyway, two quotes from "Carpe Jugulum" have somehow struck a not in my head.

The context of the first one is a scene where some villagers have hung a murderer, and feeling proud for making justice:

The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.

The other one needs no explanation I think:

She'd always tried to face towards the light. But the harder you stared into the brightness the harder it burned into you until, at last, the temptation picked you up and bid you turn around to see how long, rich, strong and dark, streaming away behind you, your shadow has become-