“The man gave Dodger a cursory glance that had quite a lot of curse in it.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That’s what being alive is, Thing! It’s being badly prepared for everything! Because you only get one chance, Thing!” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Occasionally a few bubbles would eructate to the surface like the ghosts of beans on bath night.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“DEAFNESS DOESN'T PREVENT COMPOSERS HEARING THE MUSIC. IT PREVENTS THEM HEARING THE DISTRACTIONS.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Ahahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Aahahaha! BEWARE!!!!! Yrs Sincerely, The Opera Ghost” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just imagine how terrible it might have been if we’d been at all competent.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Trolls have 5,400 words for rocks and one for vegetation. "Oograah" means everything from moss to giant redwoods. The way trolls see… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Ankh-Morpork is a godless city--' 'I thought it had more than three hundred places of worship?' said Maladict. Strappi stared at him… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He couldn't remember having been seventeen; it was something that must have happened to him while he was busy. But it made… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Ah, I know that," said Tiffany, as the boat rocked on the swell. "Whales aren't dangerous, because they just eat very small… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A young man of godlilke proportions* was standing in the doorway. * The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones with… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“On the Kite, the situation was being 'workshopped'. This is the means by which people who don't know anything get together to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Don't be ridiculous, man," said Ridcully, "there's no such thing as dwarf smuggling." "Yeah? Then what's that you've got there?" "I'm a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I heard this story once," she said, "where this bloke got locked up for years and years and he learned amazin' stuff… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Rob turned the rustling pages and grinned. 'Ach, she's writ here: "Oh, the dear Feegles ha' turned up again,"' he said. This… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“So he said to young Sam: "if you lose your cow you should report this to the Watch under Demonic & Farmyard… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And then there was the young male walk. At least women swung only their hips. Young men swung everything, from the shoulders… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Daft Wullie had raised a finger. 'Point o' order, Rob,' he said, 'but it was a wee bittie hurtful there for you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Victor eyed the glistening tubes in the tray around Dibbler's neck. They smelled appetizing. They always did. And then you bit into… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins. They are so much brighter that they soon realised that the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Someone very clever—certainly someone much cleverer than whoever had trained that imp—must have made the clock for the Partrician’s waiting room. It… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Cards and boards, [Johnny] thought. And the dead. That's not dark forces. Making a fuss about cards and heavy metal and going… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He sighed and opened the black box and took out his rings and slipped them on. Another box held a set of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Stanley always followed the rules. All sorts of things could go wrong if you didn't. So far he'd done 1:Upon Discovery of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“People said there had to be a Supreme Being because otherwise how could the universe exist, eh? And of course there clearly… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There’s a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork, greatest of Discworld cities. At least, there’s a saying that there’s a saying… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vargo climbed in, twisted and turned a few times to get comfortable on the pillow, then pulled the lid down and latched… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Your wife is a big hippo! My face is melting! My face is meltinnnnggg!” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I WAS NOT EXPECTING A NAC MAC FEEGLE TODAY, said Death. OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE WORN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, HA HA.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“[T]he princesses were beautiful as the day is long and so noble they, they could pee through a dozen mattresses-” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was a bird whistle as Polly neared the hiding place. She identified this one as the sound of the Very Bad… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image