All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! S...
And now, because of a song, Vimes, a simple piece of music, Vimes, soft as a breath, stranger than a mountain, some very powerful states have agreed to work together to heal the problems of another au...
And the new day was a great big fish
And then there was the headless horseman! said Tiffany. He had no head!Well, that is the major job qualification, said the toad.
And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy I'd say are you going to seek your fortune?Can't girls seek their fortune?I think they're supposed...
Archbishop James Usher (1580-1656) published in 1654, which suggested that the Heaven and the Earth were created in 4004 B.C. One of his aides took the calculation further, and was able to announce t...
As the message drained away Vimes stared at the opposite wall, in which the door now opened, after a cursory knock, to reveal the steward bearing that which is guaranteed to frighten away all nightmar...
Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid.
But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
Captain Quirke looked around the Watch room with the air of one who was doing the scenery a favour by looking at it.
Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.
Cheese runners shouted at it, tried to grab it, and flailed at it with sticks, but the piratical cheese scythed onward, reaching the bottom just ahead of the terrible carnage of men and cheeses as the...
Contrary to popular belief, fantasy is not about making things up. The world is stuffed full of things. It is almost impossible to invent any more. No, the role of fantasy as defined by G. K. Chestert...
Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent and advanced mathematicians and physicists...
Daft Wullie had raised a finger.'Point o' order, Rob,' he said, 'but it was a wee bittie hurtful there for you to say I dinna hae the brains of a beetle...'Rob hesitated, but only for a moment. 'Aye,...
Death was hereditary.You got it from your ancestors.
Decided to put aside ethnic differences in the cause of making more money.
Don't you *ever* let go?I haven't yet.Why?I suppose... because in this world, after everyone panics, there's always got to be someone to tip the wee out of the shoe.
Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.
Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.
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