Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass.
This is Lancre we’re talkin’ about. If we was men, we’d be talking about layin’ down our lives for the country. As women, we can talk about laying down.
Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.
Think critically about what you are told. Do not accept the word of authority unthinkingly. Science is not a belief system: no belief system instructs you to question the system itself. Science does....
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking after the large vivarium where they happily passed the...
They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.
These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.
There's always something to eat, if you're hungry enough.
There was a sliding noise and a tinkle exactly like the tinkle a spoon makes when it’s put back among the other spoons, who have missed it and are anxious to hear its tales of life among the frighteni...
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who sa...
Their families cordially detested one another.
The universe was bad enough without people poking it.
The secret is not to dream, she whispered. The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any mor...
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair...
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
The night was as black as the inside of a cat.
The dwarfs can turn lead into gold...It reached the pointy ears of the dwarfs.-Can we?-Damned if I know. I can't.-Yeah, but if you could, you wouldn't say. I wouldn't say, if I could.-Can you?-No!-Ah-...
The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and set out for the antipodes soon learned that the reason why dista...
The Luggage said nothing, but louder this time.