Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Just because you've got a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you have to treat everyone else like a nail — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Theres no stink more sorrorful than the stink of wet, burnt paper. It means: the end. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf, And me an'… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Whatever you choose, your choice will mean there are two new worlds. And perhaps sometimes, on the edge of sleep, we will… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You say that you people don’t burn folk and sacrifice people anymore, but that’s what true faith would mean, y’see? Sacrificin’ your… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it… — 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
Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it? — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I would not like it thought that I do not buy my own paperclips, sir. I enjoy owning my own paperclips. It… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
However, you do need rules. Driving on the left (or the right or, in parts of Europe, on the left and the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“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
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
