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
I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
All I am really promoting in the books is the Golden Rule, which I hope everybody knows to be "do as you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing about secrets is that they are usually best kept by just one person. That was the special thing about secrets.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I stroll along, talk, I sign books, people buy me drinks, I forget where my hotel is, I get lost and fall… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have a suspicion - I have to be careful what I say - that you might actually find the best comics… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?" "Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another. — 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
They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings. It's what most people call themselves, to begin… — 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
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
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
Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show. — 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