“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes."… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sacharissa saw a movement. Boddony had pulled his axe out from under the bench. It was a traditional dwarf axe. One side… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Her books on alchemy were marvellous objects, every page a work of the engraver's art, but they nowhere contained instructions like "Be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I'm not bloody well going to have it, understand?" Vimes shouted, shaking the ape back and forth. "Oook," the Librarian pointed out,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes shook some lather off the blade. "Hah! I bet they have. Tell me, Willikins, did you fight much when you were… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The street was full of animals, milling around uncertainly. When animals are in a state of uncertainty they get nervous, and the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Is that you, Sergeant Angua?" said a voice in the gloom. A lantern was open, and lit the approaching face of Constable… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes awoke with a noseful of camel. There are far worse awakenings, but not as many as you might think.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just a minute," said Lobsang. "Who are you? Time has stopped, the world is given over to...fairy tales and monsters, and there's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Everybody does it!" Quirke burst out. "It's perks !" "Everybody?" said Vimes. He looked around at the squad. "Anyone else here take… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes was already lost. Oh, there was the sun, but that was just a direction . He could feel it on the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I shall fear not. According to the Testament of Mezerek, the fisherman Nonpo spent four days in the belly of a giant… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Lawn looked down at his patient. "In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“ Click. The salamander flared, etching the room with searing white light and dark shadows. Otto screamed. He fell to the floor,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes stared. It was true about the dogs. There didn't seem to be quite so many mooching around these days, and that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“At times like this it's traditional that a hero comes forth," said the President of the Guild of Assassins. "A dragon slayer.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You're not suggesting that Vetinari tucks into a nice rat every day?" said Angua. "I've heard he uses rats as spies, so… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“We try to make guests feel welcome," said Dee, scuttling behind his desk. He pulled off his pointed hat and, to Vimes's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Inspirations sleet through the universe continuously. Their destination, as if they cared, is the right mind in the right place at the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That was a dhlang !" he said. "An evil spirit! The peasants down in the valleys hang up charms against them! But… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The plain old Sam Vimes had fought back. He got rid of most of the plumes and the stupid tights, and ended… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Look down, your grace," said Skimmer. "Mhm, mhm." Vimes realized he could feel the faintest prick of a knife blade on his… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Monsters are getting more uppity, too," said another. "I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And then there was the much spoken of lock-up. It looked like a giant pepperpot built of stone. A flowering creeper grew… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The boldest of the three moved suddenly, grabbed Angua and pulled her upright. "We walk out of here unharmed or the girl… — 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