I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I could use you—if you pass the tests, of course. There are three of them. You have passed the first." "What are… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial moment tended to ask themselves questions like 'What is my… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Are you a hero, actually?” “Um, no. Not as such. Not at all, really. Even less than that, in fact.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
...the proliferation of luminous fungi or iridescent crystals in deep caves where the torchlessly improvident hero needs to see is one of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass… — 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
