--- title: "12 Special Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "12 Special quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Special sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_fighting_it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fig_1111174.jpg" --- > [It takes a special kind of person to fight back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fight-back/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_fighting_it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fig_1111174.jpg) > [I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem a lot more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-but-india-has-no-special-place/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/terry-pratchett-19_fun_i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-bu_164081.jpg) > [In her own special category, she was quite beautiful. This was the category of all the women, in his entire life, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/in-her-own-special-category-she-was-quite-beautiful-this-was-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/terry-pratchett-19_beautiful_in-her-own-special-category-she-was-quit_784818.jpg) > [I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-saved-a-man-s-life-once-said-granny-special-medicine-twice-a-day/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/terry-pratchett-19_berries_i-saved-a-man-s-life-once-said-granny-sp_1753326.jpg) > [Some of my best sources are ex-policemen, just to get a feeling of what it's like to be one. And it's quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/some-of-my-best-sources-are-ex-policemen-just-to-get-a-feeling-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/terry-pratchett-19_believe_some-of-my-best-sources-are-ex-policemen_19462.jpg) > [You are in favour of the common people?” said Dragon mildly. The common people?” said Vimes. “They’re nothing special. They’re no different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-in-favour-of-the-common-people-said-dragon-mildly-the-common/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/terry-pratchett-19_balance_you-are-in-favour-of-the-common-people-s_1586936.jpg) > [The thing about secrets is that they are usually best kept by just one person. That was the special thing about secrets.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thing-about-secrets-is-that-they-are-usually-best-kept-by-just/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/terry-pratchett-19_best-way_the-thing-about-secrets-is-that-they-are_1786691.jpg) > [What was supposed to be so special about a full moon? It was only a big circle of light. And the dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/what-was-supposed-to-be-so-special-about-a-full-moon-it-was-only-a/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/terry-pratchett-19_believe_what-was-supposed-to-be-so-special-about_1343020.jpg) > [The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thief-as-will-become-apparent-was-a-special-type-of-thief-this/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/terry-pratchett-19_art_the-thief-as-will-become-apparent-was-a_3098454.jpg) > [He found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/he-found-that-he-had-this-sudden-desperate-longing-for-the-fuming/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/terry-pratchett-19_ankh_he-found-that-he-had-this-sudden-despera_1025764.jpg) > [Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/colon-has-always-thought-that-heroes-had-some-special-kind-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/terry-pratchett-19_apple-pie_colon-has-always-thought-that-heroes-had_612519.jpg) > [Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/dwarfs-were-not-a-naturally-religious-species-but-in-a-world-where/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/terry-pratchett-19_able_dwarfs-were-not-a-naturally-religious-sp_2412285.jpg) ## Other authors on Special ## More by Terry Pratchett > [“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-one-s-mental-eccentric-what-s-the-difference-a-bag-of-cash/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-i-did-not-return-until-half-past-four-this-morning-and-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/someone-broke-from-the-scrum-and-punching-and-kicking-staggered/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than-17-of-real-cats-end-their/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-trust-folk-songs-they-always-sneak-up-on-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-dragons-should-exist-completely-or-fail-to-exist-at-all-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/magrat-wondered-what-it-was-like-spending-your-whole-life-doing/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-hardback-s-harder-at-christmas-time-because-that-s-a-good-hardback/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-were-more-old-people-the-world-was-full-of-them-said-the-wizard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/hobson-was-big-and-heavyset-but-not-exactly-fat-he-was-probably-what/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-is-a-night-that-never-comes-to-an-end-the-clock-of-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-d-like-freedom-truth-and-justice-wouldn-t-you-comrade-sergeant/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-not-apprehensive-are-you-i-can-t-detect-no-trace-of-fear-none/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/imagination-not-intelligence-made-us-human/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/special/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "12 Special Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It takes a special kind of person to fight back.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fight-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_fighting_it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fig_1111174.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_fighting_it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fig_1111174.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_fighting_it-takes-a-special-kind-of-person-to-fig_1111174.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It takes a special kind of person to fight back.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem a lot more fun.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-but-india-has-no-special-place/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/terry-pratchett-19_fun_i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-bu_164081.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/terry-pratchett-19_fun_i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-bu_164081.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/terry-pratchett-19_fun_i-m-interested-in-mythology-generally-bu_164081.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In her own special category, she was quite beautiful. 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