A small silver key inside an open walnut shell beside a crumpled paper mask on indigo cloth.

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Small Gods  ·  1992

Terry Pratchett

Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The claim reverses the familiar idea that a precious truth is worth dying for. Here, truth's value becomes the reason not to die for it, while lies receive the sacrifice instead. That unsettling reversal makes the distinction deliberately provocative rather than reassuring.

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