--- title: "13 Strange Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "13 Strange quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he_1110833.jpg" --- > [“The world was bright and strange and he was in the middle of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he-was-in-the-middle-of-it/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he_1110833.jpg) > [It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strange-and-wonderful-because-life/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/terry-pratchett-19_boring_it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strang_3148255.jpg) > [Adventure! People talked about the idea as if it were something worthwhile, rather than a mess of bad food, no sleep and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/adventure-people-talked-about-the-idea-as-if-it-were-something/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/terry-pratchett-19_adventure_adventure-people-talked-about-the-idea-a_1220326.jpg) > [And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-as-always-happens-and-happens-far-too-soon-the-strange-and/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/terry-pratchett-19_dream_and-as-always-happens-and-happens-far-to_528044.jpg) > [She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-walked-quickly-through-the-darkness-with-the-frank-stride-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/terry-pratchett-19_certain_she-walked-quickly-through-the-darkness_98033.jpg) > [Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/fear-is-a-strange-soil-it-grows-obedience-like-corn-which-grow-in/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/terry-pratchett-19_corn_fear-is-a-strange-soil-it-grows-obedienc_1007949.jpg) > [“It is a strange thing to find yourself doing something you have apparently always wanted to do, when in fact up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-is-a-strange-thing-to-find-yourself-doing-something-you-have/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/terry-pratchett-19_strange_it-is-a-strange-thing-to-find-yourself-d_562321.jpg) > [At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/at-such-times-the-universe-gets-a-little-closer-to-us-they-are/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/terry-pratchett-19_beginnings-and-endin_at-such-times-the-universe-gets-a-little_2450310.jpg) > [I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-thought-it-very-strange-and-very-sad-that-the-fairy-kingdom-largely/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/terry-pratchett-19_braveheart_i-thought-it-very-strange-and-very-sad-t_681388.jpg) > [HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/horoscope-today-is-a-good-time-for-making-new-friends-a-good-deed-may/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/terry-pratchett-19_consequence_horoscope-today-is-a-good-time-for-makin_313696.jpg) > [Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/whatever-happens-they-say-afterwards-it-must-have-been-fate-people/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/terry-pratchett-19_broken_whatever-happens-they-say-afterwards-it_217123.jpg) > [Cutangle: While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/cutangle-while-i-m-still-confused-and-uncertain-it-s-on-a-much-higher/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/terry-pratchett-19_boundaries_cutangle-while-i-m-still-confused-and-un_1431814.jpg) > [The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-stories-never-said-why-she-was-wicked-it-was-enough-to-be-an-old/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/terry-pratchett-19_all-alone_the-stories-never-said-why-she-was-wicke_234812.jpg) ## Other authors on Strange ## 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/strange/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "13 Strange Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The world was bright and strange and he was in the middle of it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he-was-in-the-middle-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he_1110833.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he_1110833.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/terry-pratchett-19_quote_the-world-was-bright-and-strange-and-he_1110833.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world was bright and strange and he was in the middle of it.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strange-and-wonderful-because-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/terry-pratchett-19_boring_it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strang_3148255.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/terry-pratchett-19_boring_it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strang_3148255.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/terry-pratchett-19_boring_it-was-the-living-who-ignored-the-strang_3148255.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Adventure! 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