People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked.
There are the people of the day, and the creatures of the night. And it's important to remember that the creatures of the night aren't simply the people of the day staying up late because they think t...
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Gossiping's part of witchcraft,' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet.
He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless.
Then the Dean repeated the mantra that has had such a marked effect on the progress of knowledge throughout the ages.Why don’t we just mix up absolutely everything and see what happens? he said.And Ri...
Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-'The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie. If I know a pond is round then why should...
No it's not! said Constable Visit. Atheism is a denial of a god.Therefore It Is A Religious Position, said Dorfl. Indeed, A True Atheist Thinks Of The Gods Constantly, Albeit In Terms of Denial. There...
I HAVE MADE THIS FOR YOU. She reached out and took a damp square of cardboard. Water dripped off the bottom. Somewhere in the middle, a few brown feathers seemed to have been glued on. 'Thank you. Er...
- "Surely you have considered terrorist activity?"There was another pause. Then the spokesman said, in the quiet tones of someone who has had enough and who is going to quit after this and raise chick...
She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
If you took the world away and just left the elctricity, it would look like the most exquisite filigree ever made - a ball of twinkling silver lines with the occasional coruscating spike of a satellit...
People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.
A man can learn all of an opponent's weaknesses on that board,' said Gilt.'Really?' said Vetinari, raising his eyebrows. 'Should not he be trying to learn his own?
If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone’s wallets.
Bandits and governments 'ave so much in common that they might be interchangeable anywhere in the world...
The where the story happened was a world on the back of four elephants perched on the shell of a giant turtle. That's the advantage of space. It's big enough to hold practically , and so, eventually,...
It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.
Learnin’ how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them.
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