It looked the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed,' although it would be more honest to admit that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Woss the matter with you?” asked Big Ted, irritably. “Go on. Press ‘D.’ Elvis Presley died in 1976.” I DON’T CARE WHAT… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes' glare ran from face to face, causing most of the squad to do an immediate impression of the Floorboard and Ceiling… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But there's magic too. You'll pick that up. It don't take much intelligence, otherwise wizards wouldn't be able to do it.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“His name's Twoflower. He isn't from these parts.' 'Doeshn't look like it. Friend of yoursh?' 'We've got this sort of hate-hate relationship,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Er…what's that glass for, sir?' ‘It’s a monocle,’ said the captain. ‘It helps me see you, for which I am eternally grateful.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Genua had once controlled the river mouth and taxed its traffic in a way that couldn't be called piracy because it was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“If you kill me a thousand will take my place,‘ said the man, who was now backed against a wall. ‘Yes,‘ said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I don’t reckon it’s allowed, going round setting fire to people,” said Adam. “Otherwise people’d be doin’ it all the time.” “It’s… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sometime later the islanders on a little rimward atoll were amazed to find, washed into their little local lagoon, the wave-rocked corpse… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I hope you're not proposing to enslave us,' said Twoflower. Marchesa looked genuinely shocked. 'Certainly not! Whatever could have given you that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“An hour ago Cutwell had thumbed through the index of The Monster Fun Grimoire and had cautiously assembled a number of common… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And so Mort came at last to the river Ankh, greatest of rivers. Even before it entered the city, it was slow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It might have interested Newt to know that, of the thirty-nine thousand women tested with the pin during the centuries of witch-hunting,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“D’yer see it? This finger, laddie, could send ye to meet yer Maker!” Sgt. Deisenburger stared at the black and purple nail… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They want dancing girls! They want thrills! They want elephants! They want people falling off roofs! They want dreams! The world is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“All that yohoho stuff's for landlubbers, or it would be if we ever used words like landlubber. Do you know the difference… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Romancin’ is verra important, ye ken. Basically it’s a way the boy can get close to the girl wi’oot her attackin’ him… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I? KILL? said Death, obviously offended. CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“the Ankh-Morpork Trespassers' Society was originally the Explorers' Society until Lord Vetinari forcibly insisted that most of the places 'discovered' by the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Rincewind tried to scream through gritted teeth. His ankles were already beginning to sweat. 'I'm not going to ride on a magic… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The funeral carriage went slowly. It looked quite expensive, but that was Cockbill Street for you. People put money by. Vimes remembered… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Rincewind shivered. He always began to worry when Twoflower started to talk like that. At least he hadn't said 'picturesque' or 'quaint'… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“His knowledge of country lore was a little hazy, but he felt fairly sure that if the cows lay down, it meant… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was a crash from the direction of the kitchen, although it really was more of a crashendo - the long drawn… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You're- you're not going to force me to go back are you?" he said. "Um?" said the duke. He waved his hand… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The truth of the matter was that Juliet would look good in a sack. Somehow everything she wore fitted perfectly. Glenda, on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Not liking Christine would be like not liking small fluffy animals. And Christine was just like a small fluffy animal. A rabbit,… — 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