“There were only three times in your life when it was proper to come through the front door, and you were carried… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The very fabric of time and space is about to be put through the wringer.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And at the end of time, living is about fightin’ against everything.” — 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
“HOW IMO MADE THE WORLD, IN THE TIME WHEN THINGS WERE OTHERWISE AND THE MOON WAS DIFFERENT” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And it came to pass that in that time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: ‘Psst!’” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It is a strange thing to find yourself doing something you have apparently always wanted to do, when in fact up until… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“...remember that a story does not unwind. It weaves. Events that start in different places and different times all bear down on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He would sit all night under the lamp, book of the moment in front of him, dictionary and thesaurus on either side,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
This was the definition of eternity; it was the space of time devised by the Great God Om to ensure that everyone… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They shared a moment of silence as Nobby ran this image in the cinema of his imagination and hastily consigned much of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“She considered that the future was a frail enough thing at best, and if people looked at it hard they changed it.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come… — 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
“He knew how she felt. It was the way he felt himself, sometimes, if he woke in the small hours, at three… — 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
“I can't believe all this," said Mort. "I mean you sound as if you want to die." "There's some things I shall… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was something else I was trying to say,’ said Rincewind, letting go of the hand. He looked blank for a moment,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I thought we used to kill rats?" he said, as if he wasn't quite certain anymore. "Yes, but you see, sir, this… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It is well known that stone can think, because the whole of electronics is based on that fact, but in some universes… — 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
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
“I want a proper school, sir, to teach reading and writing, and most of all thinking, sir, so people can find out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Animal minds are simple, and therefore sharp. Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits… — 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
Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The thought constructed itself a piece at a time, like an incomplete jigsaw. Think, don't panic.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This is Holy Wood. To pass the time quickly, you just film the clock hands moving fast...” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten 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
You've got a lot of time for abstract thought when you've got your hand stuck up a dead badger. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done. — 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