--- title: "4 Chosen Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "4 Chosen quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Chosen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-gre_900576.jpg" --- > [And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-great-god-om-spake-unto-brutha/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-gre_900576.jpg) > [“I must admit, you're not the chosen one I would have chosen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i-would-have-chosen/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i_1157777.jpg) > [At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/at-some-time-in-the-recent-past-someone-had-decided-to-brighten-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/terry-pratchett-19_ancient_at-some-time-in-the-recent-past-someone_2031660.jpg) > [“And it came to pass that in that time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: ‘Psst!’”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-that-time-the-great-god-om-spake-unto/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-that-time-th_3074552.jpg) ## Other authors on Chosen ## More by Terry Pratchett > [“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-one-s-mental-eccentric-what-s-the-difference-a-bag-of-cash/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-i-did-not-return-until-half-past-four-this-morning-and-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/someone-broke-from-the-scrum-and-punching-and-kicking-staggered/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than-17-of-real-cats-end-their/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-trust-folk-songs-they-always-sneak-up-on-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-dragons-should-exist-completely-or-fail-to-exist-at-all-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/magrat-wondered-what-it-was-like-spending-your-whole-life-doing/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-hardback-s-harder-at-christmas-time-because-that-s-a-good-hardback/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-were-more-old-people-the-world-was-full-of-them-said-the-wizard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/hobson-was-big-and-heavyset-but-not-exactly-fat-he-was-probably-what/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-is-a-night-that-never-comes-to-an-end-the-clock-of-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-d-like-freedom-truth-and-justice-wouldn-t-you-comrade-sergeant/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-not-apprehensive-are-you-i-can-t-detect-no-trace-of-fear-none/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/imagination-not-intelligence-made-us-human/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chosen/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "4 Chosen Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: \"Psst!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-great-god-om-spake-unto-brutha/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-gre_900576.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-gre_900576.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/terry-pratchett-19_chosen_and-it-came-to-pass-that-in-time-the-gre_900576.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: \"Psst!” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I must admit, you're not the chosen one I would have chosen.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i-would-have-chosen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i_1157777.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i_1157777.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-must-admit-you-re-not-the-chosen-one-i_1157777.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I must admit, you're not the chosen one I would have chosen.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having some vague notion that Learning Should Be Fun. 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