Language Quotes by Terry Pratchett

“In the beginning was the word. And the word was "Hey, you!”

— Terry Pratchett

My programming language was solder.

— Terry Pratchett

I just rearrange words into a pleasing order for money.

— Terry Pratchett

“WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Words have always had the power to change the world.”

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Words are the litmus paper of the mind.

— Terry Pratchett

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

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The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.

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No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more…

— Terry Pratchett

If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.

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“Ach, noo yer talkin’ oour language,” said Rob Anybody. “Not…quite,” said Tiffany.”

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Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

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“The gods help those who help themselves, and my word, didn't I help myself.”

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“Black Oroogu, the language with no nouns and only one adjective, which is obscene.”

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It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.

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It must be powerful language if you canna make oout what the heel it’s goin’ on aboot!

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In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that…

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I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a…

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“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and…

— Terry Pratchett

As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one…

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In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil…

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ASTONISHING, said Death. REALLY ASTONISHING. LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE…

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Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word…

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They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their…

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Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in…

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“And what do they talk about beyond the barricade, my little lad?” “Um…well, Justice an' Truth an' Freedom and stuff,” said Nobby.…

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“Words have power, you understand? It is in the nature of our universe. Our library itself distorts time and space on quite…

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“It's not that I'm complaining,' said Angua, 'but when we were assigned this job I thought it was me who was going…

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In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,…

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“Hello, little girl," he said, which was only his first big mistake. "I'm sure you want to know all about hedgehogs, eh?"…

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It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone’s…

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Bill Door was impressed. Miss Flitworth could actually give the word "revenue", which had two vowels and one diphthong, all the peremptoriness…

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The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for…

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Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can…

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Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke…

— Terry Pratchett