--- title: "4 Furniture Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "4 Furniture quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Furniture sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/terry-pratchett-19_enjoy_rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out_950187.jpg" --- > [Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out-of-his-mind-but-it-was-rather/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/terry-pratchett-19_enjoy_rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out_950187.jpg) > [“Furnishing was not a priority in the Citadel. Shelves, stools, tables... There was a rumor among the novices that priests towards the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/furnishing-was-not-a-priority-in-the-citadel-shelves-stools-tables/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/terry-pratchett-19_baren_furnishing-was-not-a-priority-in-the-cit_1006344.jpg) > [Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/most-modern-fantasy-just-rearranges-the-furniture-in-tolkien-s-attic/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/terry-pratchett-19_attics_most-modern-fantasy-just-rearranges-the_1470302.jpg) > [It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-was-also-a-room-full-of-books-and-made-of-books-there-was-no/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/terry-pratchett-19_book_it-was-also-a-room-full-of-books-and-mad_2948157.jpg) ## Other authors on Furniture - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nate-berkus-70379.jpg) Nate Berkus 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/nate-berkus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jeremiah-brent-4327.jpg) Jeremiah Brent 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/jeremiah-brent/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-candice-olson-20790.jpg) Candice Olson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/candice-olson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/chuck-palahniuk/) - [Ingvar Kamprad 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/ingvar-kamprad/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-douglas-coupland-30425.jpg) Douglas Coupland 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/furniture/douglas-coupland/) ## 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/furniture/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "4 Furniture Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out-of-his-mind-but-it-was-rather/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/terry-pratchett-19_enjoy_rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out_950187.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/terry-pratchett-19_enjoy_rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out_950187.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/terry-pratchett-19_enjoy_rincewind-tried-to-force-the-memory-out_950187.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Furnishing was not a priority in the Citadel. 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