--- title: "17 Doors Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "17 Doors quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Doors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/terry-pratchett-19_discworld_there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-i_3057964.jpg" --- > ["There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-it-go-it-stays-where-it-is-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/terry-pratchett-19_discworld_there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-i_3057964.jpg) > [Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-from-a-purely-geometrical/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg) > [There's a door." "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays-where-it-is-i-think/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/terry-pratchett-19_doe_there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays_2946710.jpg) > [Bill Door was impressed. Miss Flitworth could actually give the word "revenue", which had two vowels and one diphthong, all the peremptoriness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/bill-door-was-impressed-miss-flitworth-could-actually-give-the-word/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/terry-pratchett-19_bills_bill-door-was-impressed-miss-flitworth-c_2288948.jpg) > [First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/first-sight-means-you-can-see-what-really-is-there-and-second/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/terry-pratchett-19_cases_first-sight-means-you-can-see-what-reall_670040.jpg) > [Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/rumour-is-information-distilled-so-finely-that-it-can-filter-through-2/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/terry-pratchett-19_doe_rumour-is-information-distilled-so-finel_1765178.jpg) > [An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/an-assassin-a-real-assassin-had-to-look-like-one-black-clothes-hood/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/terry-pratchett-19_assassin_an-assassin-a-real-assassin-had-to-look_827847.jpg) > [And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-the-people-next-door-oppress-me-all-night-long-i-tell-them-i-work/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/terry-pratchett-19_doors_and-the-people-next-door-oppress-me-all_2409076.jpg) > [I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-don-t-want-unnecessary-violence-sergeant-said-blouse-right-you-are/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/terry-pratchett-19_blouses_i-don-t-want-unnecessary-violence-sergea_1923206.jpg) > [The truth is that even big collections of ordinary books distort space, as can readily be proved by anyone who has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-truth-is-that-even-big-collections-of-ordinary-books-distort/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/terry-pratchett-19_bad-day_the-truth-is-that-even-big-collections-o_2962527.jpg) > [Any true wizard, faced with a sign like 'Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/any-true-wizard-faced-with-a-sign-like-do-not-open-this-door-really/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/terry-pratchett-19_door_any-true-wizard-faced-with-a-sign-like-d_2391023.jpg) > [The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-sign-which-says-do-not-under-any-circumstances-open-this-door-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/terry-pratchett-19_bits_the-sign-which-says-do-not-under-any-cir_1344997.jpg) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/terry-pratchett-19_animal_the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horr_2137.jpg) > [Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/monsters-are-getting-more-uppity-too-i-heard-where-this-guy-he-killed/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/terry-pratchett-19_arms_monsters-are-getting-more-uppity-too-i-h_1174988.jpg) > [Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/would-a-minute-have-mattered-no-probably-not-although-his-young-son/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/terry-pratchett-19_accurate_would-a-minute-have-mattered-no-probably_1844875.jpg) > [Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/fantasy-is-escapism-but-wait-why-is-this-wrong-what-are-you-escaping/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/terry-pratchett-19_ability_fantasy-is-escapism-but-wait-why-is-this_1214728.jpg) > [And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-then-there-were-cats-thought-dog-he-d-surprised-the-huge-ginger/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/terry-pratchett-19_cat_and-then-there-were-cats-thought-dog-he_478239.jpg) ## Other authors on Doors ## 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/doors/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "17 Doors Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "\"There's a door,\" he whispered. \"Where does it go?\" \"It stays where it is, I think,\" said Rincewind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-it-go-it-stays-where-it-is-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/terry-pratchett-19_discworld_there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-i_3057964.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/terry-pratchett-19_discworld_there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-i_3057964.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/terry-pratchett-19_discworld_there-s-a-door-he-whispered-where-does-i_3057964.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“\"There's a door,\" he whispered. \"Where does it go?\" \"It stays where it is, I think,\" said Rincewind.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Next comes the realist phase (\"After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.\").", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-from-a-purely-geometrical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Next comes the realist phase (\"After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a door.\" \"Where does it go?\" \"It stays where it is, I think.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays-where-it-is-i-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/terry-pratchett-19_doe_there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays_2946710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/terry-pratchett-19_doe_there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays_2946710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/terry-pratchett-19_doe_there-s-a-door-where-does-it-go-it-stays_2946710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a door.\" \"Where does it go?\" \"It stays where it is, I think.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bill Door was impressed. 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