“Clever isn't the same as sensible," said Susan, "and they do say that if you wish to walk the path to wisdom… — 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
So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That’s my daughter,” said the king. “I ought to feel sad. Why don’t I?” EMOTIONS GET LEFT BEHIND. IT’S ALL A MATTER… — 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
“Child, you’ve come here to learn what’s true and what’s not, but there’s little I can teach you that you don’t already… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!' IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Magrat liked to think she was good with children, and worried that she wasn’t. She didn’t like them very much, and worried… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And that was fine, except that she didn't have any old friends anymore. Kids back home who'd been friendly were now...respectful, because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Patrician took a sip of his beer. “I have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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“I get up Aching, and I go to bed Aching,' she whispered to herself, smiling. One of her father's jokes, and she… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“On the other side of the curtain, children were squabbling, a baby was crying, and there was the smell of rat-and-cabbage casserole.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I was walking along the bank of a stream when I saw a mother otter with her cubs, a very endearing sight,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I thought you wanted to help the child. I’ll help her to help herself. That is my way.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Please, young sir! Have mercy! If not for me, please think of my dear wife and my four lovely children who'll be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“AAaargwannawannaaaagongongonaargggaaaaBLOON!" which is the traditional sound of a very small child learning that with balloons, as with life itself, it is important… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Yes, but nomes aren’t hard to make,” said Dorcas. “You just need other nomes.” “You’re weird.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Let's see, now... in HOGFATHER there are a number of stabbings, someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future." THERE IS NO… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He had, as a child, grasped nettles firmly, and had sometimes had a hand the size of a small pig.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't make people happy by law. If you said to a bunch of average people two hundred years ago "Would you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
