Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

"If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life."

"If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life."

"There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.Someone had stolen a book."