Do you think there’s anything to eat in this forest?” “Yes,” said the wizard bitterly, “us. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't make people happy by law. If you said to a bunch of average people two hundred years ago "Would you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Certainly I have no faith in Jehovah, although I think it quite likely that Jesus Christ, as a preacher and a wise… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's a door." "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can think and you can fight, but the world's always movin', and if you wanna stay ahead you gotta dance. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And these are your reasons, my lord?" "Do you think I have others?" said Lord Vetinari. "My motives, as ever, are entirely… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can… — 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
