People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
(About sweeping)… What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Real education happens when you pick up a fact here, and another fact there, and put them together and get an insight. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like to say comic so they say Graphic Novel, despite the fact that I don't think the true Graphic Novel… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I do not, in fact, use many puns. Certainly there are far fewer than people believe. But I suspect the ones I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It as true that normal people couldn't hear Gaspode speak, because dogs don't speak. It's a well know fact. ... Besides, almost… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
She was, in fact, quite a pleasant looking girl, even if her bosom had clearly been intended for a girl two feet… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil… — 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
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Cutangle: While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Belief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM? "Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?" NO "Oh, come… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is a popular fact that nine-tenths of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. Not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
After a while, another voice said: One, two, three, four- And the universe came into being. It was wrong to call it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“You are not apprehensive, are you? I can't detect no trace of fear none whatsoever Roomy cranium all possible videos of all possible outcomes… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
