--- title: "7 Frightened Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "7 Frightened quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Frightened sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/terry-pratchett-19_forests_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_43130.jpg" --- > [A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in-the-darkest-forest-because/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/terry-pratchett-19_forests_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_43130.jpg) > [So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/so-let-s-not-get-frightened-when-the-children-read-fantasy-it-s-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/terry-pratchett-19_children_so-let-s-not-get-frightened-when-the-chi_171658.jpg) > [You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-build-a-plot-out-of-jokes-you-need-tragic-relief-and-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/terry-pratchett-19_betrayal_you-can-t-build-a-plot-out-of-jokes-you_764000.jpg) > [“That's what prayers are... it's frightened people trying to make friends with the bully!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/that-s-what-prayers-are-it-s-frightened-people-trying-to-make-friends/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/terry-pratchett-19_bullying_that-s-what-prayers-are-it-s-frightened_2032344.jpg) > [“A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in-the-darkest-forest-granny/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/terry-pratchett-19_fear_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_2033514.jpg) > [“You see," the tourist went on, "you know that thing you do with seaweed?" Bethan, brought up on the Vortex Plains, had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-see-the-tourist-went-on-you-know-that-thing-you-do-with-seaweed/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/terry-pratchett-19_frightened_you-see-the-tourist-went-on-you-know-tha_2772482.jpg) > [He talks pretty big for a gutter wizard," he muttered. "You don't understand at all," said the wizard wearily. "I'm so scared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/he-talks-pretty-big-for-a-gutter-wizard-he-muttered-you-don-t/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/terry-pratchett-19_bigs_he-talks-pretty-big-for-a-gutter-wizard_3017214.jpg) ## Other authors on Frightened ## 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/frightened/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "7 Frightened Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in-the-darkest-forest-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/terry-pratchett-19_forests_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_43130.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/terry-pratchett-19_forests_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_43130.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/terry-pratchett-19_forests_a-witch-ought-never-to-be-frightened-in_43130.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. 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