“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
He had about the same life expectancy as a three legged hedgehog on a six lane motorway. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People's whole lives do pass in front of their eye before dying. The process is called "Living — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about it Cats,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Avatar: the living likeness of a god,” said the professor patiently. “The hat with wings. The golden suit.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Grandfather always got things wrong. He saw life from outside and never quite understood.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They hadn't read as many stories as Malicia, and were rather more attached to the experience of real life, which is that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But a girl starting out in life might well say to herself: 'Is this it? You worked hard and denied yourself things… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed, or the gas ran out, or the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The demon coughed nervously. Demons do not breathe; however, every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what to do,” he said. “No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do,” said Rincewind with hollow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“ You have no power over us , said the Auditor. We are not alive. BUT YOU ARE DEMONSTRATING ARROGANCE, PRIDE AND… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I mean, we think we believe that the gods are wise and just and powerful, but what we really believe is that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Another priest said,"Is it true you've said you'll believe in any god whose existence can be proved by logical debate?""Yes."Vimes had a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In the Ramtops village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no-one is finally dead until the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A few stars had been let out early. Teppic looked up at them. Perhaps, he thought, there is life somewhere else. On… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That’s what the gods are! An answer that will do! Because there’s food to be caught and babies to be born and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It sucks all the life right out of you, civilisation." "It killed Old Vincent the Ripper," said Boy Willie. "He choked to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Your whole life passes in front of your eyes before you die. This is called living. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
...no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... The span of someone's life, they say, is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It was one of the most ancient terrors, the one that meant that no sooner had mankind learned to walk on two… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It’s a fact of life that everyone is on one side or other of a wall, so the only thing to do… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You can die for your country or your people or your family, but for a god you should live fully and busily,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Granny Weatherwax was firmly against fiction. Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. — 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
