Terry Pratchett Quote
And, er, these stories about you...Oh, all true. Most of them. A bit of exaggeration, but mostly true.The one about the Citadel in Muntab and the Pash and the fish bone?Oh, yes.But how did you get in where half a dozen armed and trained men couldn't even - ?I am a little man and I carry a broom, said Lu-Tze simply. Everyone has some mess that needs clearing up. What harm is a man with a broom?What? And that was ?Well, the rest was a matter of cookery, really. The Pash was not a good man, but he was a glutton for his fish pie.No martial arts? said Lobsang.Oh, always a last resort. History needs shepherds, not butchers.Do you know ?Just a lot of bunny-hops.?If I wanted to thrust my hand into hot sand I would go to the seaside.?A waste of good bricks.?You made that one up.
And, er, these stories about you...Oh, all true. Most of them. A bit of exaggeration, but mostly true.The one about the Citadel in Muntab and the Pash and the fish bone?Oh, yes.But how did you get in where half a dozen armed and trained men couldn't even - ?I am a little man and I carry a broom, said Lu-Tze simply. Everyone has some mess that needs clearing up. What harm is a man with a broom?What? And that was ?Well, the rest was a matter of cookery, really. The Pash was not a good man, but he was a glutton for his fish pie.No martial arts? said Lobsang.Oh, always a last resort. History needs shepherds, not butchers.Do you know ?Just a lot of bunny-hops.?If I wanted to thrust my hand into hot sand I would go to the seaside.?A waste of good bricks.?You made that one up.
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About Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001, he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron for ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.