There is a lot of folklore about equestrian statues, especially the ones with riders on them. There is said to be a code in the number and placement of the horse's hooves: If one of the horse's hooves...
People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but expect dinner to turn up within the hour.
That just goes to show that you never know, although what it is we never know I suspect we'll never know.
The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as we...
The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.
It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad
Everybody has somebody. It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One Person You See At The Coffee Shop each day. Sometimes they exist to comfort you. Sometimes they exi...
The important thing is not to shout at this point, Vimes told himself. Do not…what do they call it…go postal? Treat this as a learning exercise. Find out why the world is not as you thought it was. As...
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suici...
Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water reflected the landscape. And yet ... and yet ...Inside this little world they had taken pai...
You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.There was some nervous laughter, but Reg...
You are in favour of the common people? said Dragon mildly.The common people? said Vimes. They’re nothing special. They’re no different from the rich and powerful except they’ve got no money or power....
Why are our people going out there, said Mr. Boggis of the Thieves’ Guild.Because they are showing a brisk pioneering spirit and seeking wealth and … additional wealth in a new land, said Lord Vetinar...
I have to ask, sir...Why does it have to be done like this?Vetinari smiled. Can you keep a secret, Mister Lipwig?Oh, yes, sir. I've kept lots.Capital. And the point is, so can I. You do not need to kn...
Once you gave a thing a name you gave it a life.
Freedom without limits is just a word.
Well done,' said a voice somewhere behind him. 'Consciousness to sarcasm in five seconds!
Sybil’s female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold...
It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.
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