Don't start weaving a social hypothesis in front of an angry woman holding a blade.
Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.
Do you think there’s anything to eat in this forest?Yes, said the wizard bitterly, us.
Do you need an excuse to have a war? I mean, who for? Can't you just say You got lots of cash and land, but I've got a big sword, so divvy up right now, chop chop.
Demons have existed on the Discworld for at least as long as the gods, who in many ways they closely resemble. The difference is basically the same as that between terrorists and freedom fighters.
Coppers were always outnumbered, so being a copper only worked when people let it work. If they refocused and realized you were just another standard idiot with a pennyworth of metal for a badge, you...
Child. That was a terrible thing to say to anyone who was almost thirteen.
Character assassination. What a wonderful idea. Ordinary assassination only works once, but this one works every day.
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.[...]By the stinking of my nose, something wicked this way goes[.][...]By the blinking of my eyes, something wicked this way dies.
But we don't do things like that! said Vimes. You can't go around arresting the Thieves' Guild. I mean, we'd be at it all day!
But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.
But it’s what I call The Valley Filled with Clouds technique. You’re at the edge of the valley, and there is a church steeple, and there is a tree, and there is a rocky outcrop, but the rest of it is...
But if it is true that the act of observing changes the thing which is observed (because of Quantum), it's even more true that it changes the observer.
Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said in the faraway voice of one whose ears aren't hearing what his mouth is sa...
Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese.
At the top of the cellar steps Broadman knelt down and fumbled in his tinderbox. It turned out to be damp. 'I'll kill that bloody cat,' he muttered, and groped for the spare box that was normally on t...
Astfgl peered around through the swirling gas clouds. At least he was in the right place. The whole point about the end of the universe was that you couldn’t go past it accidentally.The last few ember...
As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick.
Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.
Animal minds are simple, and therefore sharp. Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has bee...