[...]And his head is on fire with new things[...]he called himself the little blue hermit, scuttling across the sand in search of a new shell, but now he looks at the sky and knows that no shell will...
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?
Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the f...
Vimes shook some lather off the blade. Hah! I bet they have. Tell me, Willikins, did you fight much when you were a kid? Were you in a gang or anything?I was privileged to belong to the Shamlegger Str...
There's no educating a smart boy.
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...
The flip side of the coin of which Good and Evil are but one side.
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer...
She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?''I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that...
Right!Right!You can get there!I can get there!You're a natural at counting to two!I'm a nat'ral at counting to two!If you can count to two, you can count to anything!If I can count to two, I can count...
People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked.
Nothing-to-see is what most of the universe consists of.
Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.
Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.
It’s bad enough barging into Guild property, but we’ll get into really serious trouble if we shoot anyone. Lord Vetinari won’t stop at sarcasm. He might use’ - Colon swallowed - ‘irony.
If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes.
I REMEMBER WHEN ALL THIS WILL BE AGAIN.
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.
Bein’ a soldier is not hard. If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it.
Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.