(Trope Adjacent) Favorite profound quotes you HAVEN’T seen posted here before

1. “one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the bank of a stream when I saw a mother otter with her cubs. A very endearing sight, I'm sure you'll agree, and even as I watched, the mother otter dived into the water and came up with a plump salmon, which she subdued and dragged onto a half submerged log. As she ate it, while of course it was still alive, the body split and I remember to this day the sweet pinkness of its roes as they spilled out, much to the delight of the baby otters, who scrambled over themselves to feed on the delicacy. One of nature's wonders, gentlemen. Mother and children dining upon mother and children. And that is when I first learned about evil. It is built into the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.” Lord Vetinari, Unseen Academicals (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

2. “A longer string would be nice” Random Peasant, Intresting Times (Also Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Context for #2: Rincewind (the guy in the second picture) is caught up in a revolution against the emperor and eventually asks the random peasant who is hold a string tied to an ox to federalize the fields what he would actually want from the people in charge, whoever that ends up being.