Children Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.

— Terry Pratchett

Oh, where are my manners? Do sit down. Pull up a small child.

— Terry Pratchett

Hello, inner child, I'm the inner babysitter!

— Terry Pratchett

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.

— Terry Pratchett

Real children do not go hoppity skip unless they are on drugs.

— Terry Pratchett

Child. That was a terrible thing to say to anyone who was almost thirteen.

— Terry Pratchett

“I thought you wanted to help the child. I’ll help her to help herself. That is my way.”

— Terry Pratchett

“As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and…

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Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart

— Terry Pratchett

“He had, as a child, grasped nettles firmly, and had sometimes had a hand the size of a small pig.”

— Terry Pratchett

“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…

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I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future." THERE IS NO…

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There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

— Terry Pratchett

If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and…

— Terry Pratchett

There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and…

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“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.…

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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…

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“AAaargwannawannaaaagongongonaargggaaaaBLOON!" which is the traditional sound of a very small child learning that with balloons, as with life itself, it is important…

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So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive…

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I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor…

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“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…

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I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there…

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And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of…

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“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even…

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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…

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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

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

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

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

You can't make people happy by law. If you said to a bunch of average people two hundred years ago "Would you…

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“Magrat liked to think she was good with children, and worried that she wasn’t. She didn’t like them very much, and worried…

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“...one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the bank of a stream when…

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“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children…

— Terry Pratchett

“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children…

— Terry Pratchett

“It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over…

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“I was walking along the bank of a stream when I saw a mother otter with her cubs, a very endearing sight,…

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“The Patrician took a sip of his beer. “I have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will…

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It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not…

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“Yes, but nomes aren’t hard to make,” said Dorcas. “You just need other nomes.” “You’re weird.”

— Terry Pratchett

As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to…

— Terry Pratchett