Er, why do you need to work in a dark room, though? he said. The imps don't need it, do they?Ah, zis is for my experiment, said Otto proudly. You know zat another term for an iconographer would be 'ph...
At some indeterminate point in their life cycles, they cause themselves to be placed in artificial stone or wooden cocoons, or chrysalises. They have an idea that they will someday emerge from these i...
Sam's hand brushed her shoulder, and she almost jumped out of her skin as he brought his mouth close to her ear and murmured, You look beautiful. Though I bet you already know that. She most certainly...
Lawn looked down at his patient. In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?
Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.
Two uniformed trolls were standing in front of Sergeant Colon's high desk, with a slightly smaller troll between them. This troll was wearing a slightly downcast expression. It was also wearing a tutu...
The horsemen came closer.Vimes was not good at horsemen. Something in him resented being addressed by anyone eight feet above the ground. He didn't like the sensation of being looked at by nostrils.
Sir, said the guard from behind me. I'd appreciate it if you left your club here.I paused and looked over my shoulder, He had a gun. His hand wasn't exactly resting on it, but he'd tucked his thumb in...
Peabody may not have seen the man turn into a grizzly, but he was bright enough to know that Injun Joe was getting set to adjust another relative ass-to-ears ratio.
I thought dwarfs gold, said Angua.They just say that to get it into bed.
We try to make guests feel welcome, said Dee, scuttling behind his desk. He pulled off his pointed hat and, to Vimes's amazement, put on a pair of thick smoked glasses.You had papers? he said. Vimes h...
The boldest of the three moved suddenly, grabbed Angua and pulled her upright. We walk out of here unharmed or the girl gets it, all right? he snarled.Someone sniggered.I hope you're not going to kill...
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...
We need to borrow your boat, said Vimes.Bugger off!I'm choosing to believe that was a salty nautical expression meaning 'Why, certainly,' said Vimes.
Vimes woke in damp and utter darkness with sand under his cheek. Some parts of his body reported for duty, others protested that they had a note from their mother.
Sacharissa saw a movement. Boddony had pulled his axe out from under the bench. It was a traditional dwarf axe. One side was a pickaxe, for the extraction of interesting minerals, and the other side w...
Just a minute, said Lobsang. Who you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's a walking around?Best kind of person to have, said Susan. We don't like sil...
I always carry the book of Holy Writ...and something to read...
Another priest said,Is it true you've said you'll believe in any god whose existence can be proved by logical debate?Yes.Vimes had a feeling about the immediate future and took a few steps away from D...
And, er, these stories about you...Oh, all true. Most of them. A bit of exaggeration, but mostly true.The one about the Citadel in Muntab and the Pash and the fish bone?Oh, yes.But how did you get in...