Look down, your grace, said Skimmer. Mhm, mhm.Vimes realized he could feel the faintest prick of a knife blade on his stomach. Look down further, he said.Inigo looked down. He swallowed. Vimes had a k...
Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.
It's hard to explain, said Brutha. But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something d...
It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good. You could say it w...
It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (Lit.: 'Thing-ies') or reality fragments. Currently...
It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of the elderly, lending a new terror to old age and...
If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize.
I think, he said, I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.
I think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.
I shall fear not. According to the Testament of Mezerek, the fisherman Nonpo spent four days in the belly of a giant fish, said Constable Visit.The thunder seemed particularly loud in the silence.Wash...
I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?Death thought about it.CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.
I just think the world ought to be more sort of organized.''That's just fantasy,' said Twoflower.'I know. That's the trouble.' Rincewind sighed again.
I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant, said Blouse.Right you are, sir! said the sergeant. Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall! He caught the lie...
How many books are there? said Masklin.Hundreds! Thousands!Do you know what they're all about?Gurder looked at him blankly. Do you know what you're saying? he said.No. But I want to find out.They're a...
Her books on alchemy were marvellous objects, every page a work of the engraver's art, but they nowhere contained instructions like Be sure to open a window. They have instructions like Adde to the...
He took his hands off the oars and pulled in the mooring rope. If I make a couple of loops, he thought, I can strap the axe on to my back.He had a mental picture of what could happen to a man who plun...
He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn’t happen to you every year.
Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will...
Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.