“Death paused, his hand on the spine of the book. And why do you think I directed you to the stables? think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It takes a long time for people like Vorbis to die. They leave echoes in history.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A long time ago, on a world as close as shadow : a very different version of north america cradled a huge… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Earwig said the village women know what to do,” said Annagramma hopefully. “She says to trust in their peasant wisdom.” “Well,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“We did Rat Surprise last night for the Sons of Bloodaxe annual dinner," he said. There was a general groan. "And it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just because a woman’s got no teeth doesn’t mean she’s wise. It might just mean she’s been stupid for a very long… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Would eternity feel like a long time, or were all lives - from a personal viewpoint - entirely the same length?” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That, lad," he said proudly, "was some of the worst poetry I have heard for a long time. It was offensive to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The forces of darkness must be beaten. You seem to be under a misapprehension. The point is not to avoid the war,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They opened the ledger. They looked at it for a long time. Then Mort said, “What do all those symbols mean?” “Sodomy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are uproars and there are uproars, and this uproar stayed up for a very long time.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Mort thought that history was thrashing around like a steel hawser with the tension off, twanging backwards and forwards across reality in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When you’ve had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don’t know how to spit it out.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour. — 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
