The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.
The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised.T...
The games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we become.
The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which th...
The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.
The grags came down heavily on those who did not conform and seemed not to realize that this was like stamping potatoes into the mud to stop them growing.
The human mind was a deep and abiding mystery and the Librarian was glad he didn't have one anymore.
The important thing about being a leader is not being right or wrong but being certain. Of course it helps to be right as well, the Abbot conceeded.
The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage.
The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.
The men in the room suddenly realized that they did not want to know her better. She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distanc...
The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of loo...
The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now before it runs away and becomes the then.
The new captain looked up. Oh, good grief, Vimes thought. It's bloody Rust this time round!And it was indeed the Hon. Ronald Rust, the god's gift to the enemy, any enemy, and a walking encouragement t...
The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing some...
The price for being the best is always... having to be the best.
The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.
The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.
The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live.
The trouble with gods is that after enough people start believing in them, they begin to exist. And what begins to exist isn't what was originally intended.
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