People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.
Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.
PRAY TELL ME, WHY WERE YOU CONTENT TO LIVE IN THIS TINY LITTLE COUNTRY WHEN, AS YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING AND ANYBODY IN THE WORLD? I don’t know about the world, not much; but in my part...
Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like...
Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.
Many bad things were done under the Evil Empire she said. The best we can do now is undo them. Will you assist in this endeavor? In every way that I can said Nutt.I would like you to teach them civili...
Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime.
Last night there seemed to be a chance. Anything was possible last night. That was the trouble with last nights. They were always followed by this mornings.
Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive.
Just imagine how terrible it might have been if we’d been at all competent.
I’ve never had occasion to use one magnificent tip from a well-known author, but I pass it on anyway: Keep an eye on the trade press. When an editor moves on, immediately send your precious MS to his...
I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.
I’d just like to say, he said, if we don’t get out of this, that…I’ll have known, deep down inside, that there was a spark of goodness in you. That’s right, said Crowley bitterly. Make my day. Aziraph...
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
It might have interested Newt to know that, of the thirty-nine thousand women tested with the pin during the centuries of witch-hunting, twenty-nine thousand said ouch, nine thousand, nine hundred and...
It is in the nature of the universe that the person who always keeps you waiting ten minutes will, on the day you are ten minutes tardy, have been ready ten minutes early and will make a point of not...
In the swamp the alligators drifted like patches of bad-assed water.
If they look as though they're worried, we'll move in.''And do what exactly?' said Polly.'Threaten to shoot them,' said Maladict firmly.'And if they don't believe us?''Then we'll threaten to shoot the...
If Not You, Who Else?
I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour, said Ladyship coldly.He appeared to consider this. Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible, he said. And who would you send to tea...