--- title: "16 Heard Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "16 Heard quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Heard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terry-pratchett-19_boots_it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-tim_1598520.jpg" --- > [It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-times-the-scholar-puts-the-boot/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terry-pratchett-19_boots_it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-tim_1598520.jpg) > [She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-heard-him-mutter-can-you-take-away-this-grief-i-m-sorry-she/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/terry-pratchett-19_ask-me_she-heard-him-mutter-can-you-take-away-t_1886202.jpg) > [Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/our-garden-was-debated-territory-between-five-local-cats-and-we-d/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/terry-pratchett-19_best-way_our-garden-was-debated-territory-between_2761187.jpg) > [Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/asking-someone-to-repeat-a-phrase-you-d-not-only-heard-very-clearly/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/terry-pratchett-19_angry_asking-someone-to-repeat-a-phrase-you-d_486224.jpg) > [Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/probably-the-last-sound-heard-before-the-universe-folded-up-like-a/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/terry-pratchett-19_happens_probably-the-last-sound-heard-before-the_1060108.jpg) > [I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-know-three-people-who-have-got-better-after-a-brain-tumour-i-haven/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/terry-pratchett-19_alzheimer_i-know-three-people-who-have-got-better_627088.jpg) > [Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/of-course-just-because-we-ve-heard-a-spine-chilling-blood-curdling/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/terry-pratchett-19_blood_of-course-just-because-we-ve-heard-a-spi_505058.jpg) > [He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/he-d-heard-that-writers-spent-all-day-in-their-dressing-gowns/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/terry-pratchett-19_champagne_he-d-heard-that-writers-spent-all-day-in_748752.jpg) > [Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I'm fortunate; I can be heard. Regrettably, it's amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/seven-hundred-thousand-people-who-have-dementia-in-this-country-are/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/terry-pratchett-19_amazing_seven-hundred-thousand-people-who-have-d_823990.jpg) > [She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-had-heard-it-said-that-before-you-could-understand-anybody-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/terry-pratchett-19_accusing_she-had-heard-it-said-that-before-you-co_161591.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) > [For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/for-the-first-time-in-her-life-granny-wondered-whether-there-might-be-2/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/terry-pratchett-19_accounts_for-the-first-time-in-her-life-granny-wo_3171417.jpg) > [Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields... NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/picture-a-tall-dark-figure-surrounded-by-cornfields-no-you-can-t-ride/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/terry-pratchett-19_alive_picture-a-tall-dark-figure-surrounded-by_1677605.jpg) > [Everyone's heard of Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment. You put a cat in a box with a bottle of poison, which many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/everyone-s-heard-of-erwin-schrodinger-s-famous-thought-experiment-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/terry-pratchett-19_bottles_everyone-s-heard-of-erwin-schrodinger-s_2530848.jpg) > [That, lad," he said proudly, "was some of the worst poetry I have heard for a long time. It was offensive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/that-lad-he-said-proudly-was-some-of-the-worst-poetry-i-have-heard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/terry-pratchett-19_ears_that-lad-he-said-proudly-was-some-of-the_2098184.jpg) > [The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species 'female' but have never expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-students-were-staring-at-her-in-the-manner-of-those-who-have/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/terry-pratchett-19_dating_the-students-were-staring-at-her-in-the_1040767.jpg) ## Other authors on Heard ## 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/heard/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "16 Heard Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of the Rings films or is making a point they have never heard of.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-times-the-scholar-puts-the-boot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terry-pratchett-19_boots_it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-tim_1598520.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terry-pratchett-19_boots_it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-tim_1598520.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terry-pratchett-19_boots_it-s-either-because-of-the-number-of-tim_1598520.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 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