If you let your mind dwell on rooms like this, you could end up being oddly sad and full of a strange diffuse compassion which would lead you to believe that it might be a good idea to wipe out the wh...
If Not You, Who Else?
I'm sure you won't dream of trying to escape from your obligations by fleeing the city...''I assure you the thought never even crossed my mind, lord.''Indeed? Then if I were you I'd sue my face for sl...
I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!
I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir' Ridcully sighed. 'Rincewind, you once informed me, to my everlasting puzzlement, that you never knew your mother because she ran away befor...
I thought, in Nature, the defeated animal just rolls on its back in submission and that's the end of it,' said Vimes, as they clattered after the disappearing swamp dragon.'Wouldn't work with dragons,...
I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god i...
I nearly committed a terrible sin, said Brutha. I nearly ate fruit on a fruitless day.That's a terrible thing, a terrible thing, said Om. Now cut the melon.
I may be daft but I'm no' stupid!
I know about sureness,' said Didactylos. 'I remember, before I was blind, I went to Omnia once. And in your Citadel I saw a crowd stoning a man to death in a pit. Ever seen that?''It has to be done,'...
I have certainly noticed that groups of clever and intelligent people are capable of really stupid ideas.
I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future.THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death.What does it contain, then?ME.
I HAVE WATCHED YOUR PROGRESS WITH INTEREST, ESMERELDA WEATHERWAX, said the voice in the dark. He was firm, but oh so polite. But now there was a question in his voice. PRAY TELL ME, WHY WERE YOU CONTE...
How do they rise up?
Horses, Death felt, shouldn’t grin. Any horse that was grinning was planning something.
Here's what I suggest, he said. You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.
He's going to arrest the Patrician, Vimes told himself, the thought trickling through his brain like an icy rivulet. He's actually going to arrest the Patrician. The supreme ruler. He's going to arres...
He was up against a mind that regarded truth as a reference point but certainly not as a shackle.
He sagged to his knees. He ached all over. It wasn't just that his brain was writing cheques that his body couldn't cash. It had gone beyond that. Now his feet were borrowing money that his legs hadn'...
He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their ancestors.