“Old terror crouched in the shadows. It was one of the most ancient terrors, the one that meant that no sooner had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins. They are so much brighter that they soon realised that the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I stroll along, talk, I sign books, people buy me drinks, I forget where my hotel is, I get lost and fall… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Of course, like all the informal inhabitants of the University the roaches were a little unusual, but there was something particularly unpleasant… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This was not the time to say “I don’t know.” The brothers had begging, hungry looks, like dogs waiting to be fed.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“She was almost there. She could feel the weight of herself, the ponderousness of her body, the distant memories of the dawn… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“D’you see that film where the car travelled in time when it went at eighty-eight miles an hour?” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beer mug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Would eternity feel like a long time, or were all lives - from a personal viewpoint - entirely the same length?” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There had been a time when the continents were different, Rincewind understood, and then they'd sort of shuffled more comfortably together like… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. There is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war. — 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
