There are all kinds of darkness, and all kinds of things can be found in them, imprisoned, banished, lost or hidden. Sometimes they escape. Sometimes they simply fall out. Sometimes they just can't ta...
The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.
The senior wizards of Unseen University stood and looked at the door.There was no doubt that whoever had shut it wanted it to stay shut. Dozens of nails secured it to the door frame. Planks had been n...
The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.
The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You’ve got to stop. You haven’t really been anywhere unt...
The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.
The horsemen came closer.Vimes was not good at horsemen. Something in him resented being addressed by anyone eight feet above the ground. He didn't like the sensation of being looked at by nostrils.
The Great God Om waxed wroth, or at least made a spirited attempt. There is a limit to the amount of wroth that can be waxed one inch from the ground, and he was right up against it.
That’s what being alive is, Thing! It’s being badly prepared for everything! Because you only get one chance, Thing!
Teppic hadn’t been educated. Education had just settled on him, like dandruff.
Taxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum amount of moo.
Some magic is so old, it's hardly magic anymore.
She never sent the castle to sleep, said Granny, that’s just an old wife’s tale. She just stirred up time a little. It’s not as hard as people think, everyone does it all the time. It’s like rubber, i...
Science is not interested in what stands to reason.
One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.
Oh. I see. People don't want to see what can't possibly exist.
No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.
Neither claimed any responsibility for Milton Keynes, but both reported it as a success.
My name is immaterial,' she said.That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.
Many things went on at Unseen University and, regrettably, teaching had to be one of them. The faculty had long ago confronted this fact and had perfected various devices for avoiding it. But this was...