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
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Silence spread out from Rincewind's bent like ripples in a puddle. It cascaded down the tower and spread out through the milling… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“She sat silently in her rocking chair. Some people are good at talking, but Granny Weatherwax was good at silence. She could… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Silence fell like a hammer made of feathers. It left holes in the shape of the sound of the sea.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was a click. There was a noise like a partridge. There was a thud. There was silence.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was another silence while they stared at one another, nose to nose, but this silence was a whole quantum level of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They shared a moment of silence as Nobby ran this image in the cinema of his imagination and hastily consigned much of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly; the air was full of the busy silence of the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I could hear you not saying anything! You’ve got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn’t dead!” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You’d better tell me what you know, toad,” said Tiffany. “Miss Tick isn’t here. I am.” “Another world is colliding with 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