“Two uniformed trolls were standing in front of Sergeant Colon's high desk, with a slightly smaller troll between them. This troll was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Silk stockings. With garters . Well, they were out. There were a lot of things he'd do for Sybil, but if garters… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I wonder what's the difference between ordinary councillors and privy councillors?" wondered the merchant aloud. The assassin scowled at him. "I think,"… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes stuck his helmet under his arm, smoothed back his hair, and knocked. He'd considered asking Sargent Colon to accompany him, but… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And visitors say: how does such a big city exist? What keeps it going? Since it's got a river you can chew,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Er, why do you need to work in a dark room, though?" he said. "The imps don't need it, do they?" "Ah,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This is nothing personal, you understand," said Charley to Nobby. "It's just a wossname. Had a wizard in here the other night… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You see," said Colon, "thieves are organized here. I mean, it's official . They're allowed a certain amount of thieving. Not that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Look, sir, I know Angua. She's not the useless type. She doesn't stand there and scream helplessly. She makes other people do… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A dwarf who can't get the hang of metal? That must be pretty unique." "Pretty rare, sir. But I was quite good… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“How big a war?" "A worse one than the one fifty years ago, I expect," said Cheery. "I don't recall people talking… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Upstairs, in what had been until then the cash office, Young Sam slept peacefully in a makeshift bed. One day, Vimes hoped,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When he was a boy he'd read books about great military campaigns, and visited the museums and looked with patriotic pride at… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You haven't heard of him? And he is a D'reg!" Mrs Goriff pulled at her husband's arm. "D'reg?" said Angua. "A warlike… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Librarian swung on. It was slow progress, because there were things he wasn't keen on meeting. Creatures evolved to fill every… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Winder's mind felt even fuzzier than it had done over the past few years, but he was certain about cake. He'd been… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork sat back on his austere chair with the sudden bright smile of a very busy person at the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The horsemen came closer. Vimes was not good at horsemen. Something in him resented being addressed by anyone eight feet above the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It was funny how people were people everywhere you went, even if the people concerned weren't the people the people who made… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“We need to borrow your boat," said Vimes. "Bugger off!" "I'm choosing to believe that was a salty nautical expression meaning 'Why,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When new students tried an experiment that was particularly successful in terms of explosive force, the result was often a cross between… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“How do you spell 'contravention'?" said Carrot, turning over a page. "I don't," said Nobby, pushing through the crowds.” — 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
