What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up? — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There had been a time when the continents were different, Rincewind understood, and then they'd sort of shuffled more comfortably together like… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He had died for his beliefs; chief among them was the very Hugglestonian one that bravery could replace armour, and that Klatchians… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“On nights such as this, witches are abroad. Well, not actually abroad. They don't like the food and you can't trust the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Are you staying with us? It could be dangerous,' said William, realizing that he was saying this to a vampire iconographer who… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“News is unusual things happening— And usual things happening [...] But news is mainly what someone somewhere doesn't want you to put… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Is that the drink with the vodka? Because- " "No," said Lady Margolotta quietly. "This, I am afraid, is the other kind.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And then you bit onto them, and learned once again that Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler could find a use for bits of an animal… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Anger helped Vimes up the last leg of the climb. Anger at himself and whoever it was who had punctured his holiday.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Her books on alchemy were marvellous objects, every page a work of the engraver's art, but they nowhere contained instructions like "Be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You couldn't be a real copper in Ankh-Morpork and stay sane. You had to care . Anda caring in Ankh-Morpork was like… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But too much reading had taken its toll. William found that he now thought of prayer as a sophisticated way of pleading… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The three thieves looked around. As their eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, they received a general impression of armourality, with strong… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Look, sir, I know Angua. She's not the useless type. She doesn't stand there and scream helplessly. She makes other people do… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The street was full of animals, milling around uncertainly. When animals are in a state of uncertainty they get nervous, and the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Great God Om waxed wroth, or at least made a spirited attempt. There is a limit to the amount of wroth… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Lawn looked down at his patient. "In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Silk stockings. With garters . Well, they were out. There were a lot of things he'd do for Sybil, but if garters… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“We need to borrow your boat," said Vimes. "Bugger off!" "I'm choosing to believe that was a salty nautical expression meaning 'Why,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I'm not a natural killer ! See this? See what it says? I'm supposed to keep the peace, I am! If I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When new students tried an experiment that was particularly successful in terms of explosive force, the result was often a cross between… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When he was a boy he'd read books about great military campaigns, and visited the museums and looked with patriotic pride at… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And then there was the much spoken of lock-up. It looked like a giant pepperpot built of stone. A flowering creeper grew… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He sat down on the turf, relishing the breeze through the gorse bushes and sucking in pure fresh air. Whatever you thought… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He was trying to conjure up a succubus." It should be impossible to leer when all you've got is a beak, but… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are things so horrible that even the dark is afraid of them. Most people don't know this and this is just… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are eight levels of wizardry on the Disc; after sixteen years Rincewind has failed to achieve even level one. In fact… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“ The tincture of night began to diffuse the soup of the afternoon. Lord Vetinari considered the sentence, and found it good.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just a minute," said Lobsang. "Who are you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image