It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. — 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
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The nice thing about your police procedural as opposed to your classic murder mystery is that in a murder mystery you don't… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nigel gave the lamp a cautious buff and small smoking red letters appeared in the air. "Hi," Nigel read aloud, "Do not… — 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
