Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it. — 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
And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up… — 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
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
Maurice watched them argue again. Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever see… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think we are waiting for an e-book that even non-techies can be comfortable with. From my point of view, the biggest… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?" "Only a man would think of that. It's our… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can… — 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
The Library didn't only contain magical books, the ones which are chained to their shelves and are very dangerous. It also contained… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think what drove me away from being a reporter was an inability to accept that the world came in neat stories.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have happened’ because you don’t know everything that might have happened. You… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere… — 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
First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You know, I never imagined there were he-dryads. Not even in an oak tree." One of the giants grinned at him. Druellae… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks the Government should be doing more about everything but just think how many of the bonuses which are quite rightly… — 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
Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was. Where people went wrong was thinking that simple… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty… — 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
Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of… — 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
I'd go for "really great writer." Although I don't think I am. I know I have a style which is recognizable. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it… — 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
Belief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“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
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
