“The moments that change your life are the ones that happen suddenly, like the one where you die.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It takes a long time for people like Vorbis to die. They leave echoes in history.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In days of yore (about 100 years before olden days, but about 50 years later than ancient times),” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Young Sam looked solemn for a moment and then said, "I think I'll let Mr. Whistle do the being scared and then… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The library was full of wizards, who care about their books in the same way that ants care about their eggs and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And because sometimes you get a good day, that makes up for all the bad days and, just for a moment, you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“he realized for the first time that the uniform he was wearing had been carefully and meticulously designed for no other purpose… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I get nice letters from people who know they're due to meet him (Death) soon, and hope I've got him right.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Ye ken, we've been robbin' and running aroound on all kinds o' worlds for a lang time, and I'll tell ye this:… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They opened the ledger. They looked at it for a long time. Then Mort said, “What do all those symbols mean?” “Sodomy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitatied for a moment, and then: We look to ... the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This is nothing personal, you understand," said Charley to Nobby. "It's just a wossname. Had a wizard in here the other night… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Several times he had to flatten himself against the shelves as a thesaurus thundered by. He waited patiently as a herd of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“That’s what the gods are! An answer that will do! Because there’s food to be caught and babies to be born and… — 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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A city like Ankh-Morpork was only two meals away from chaos at the best of times.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are times when the best writing you can do is to go for a walk or drive, a long drive is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“...this is the room where the future pours into the past via the pinch of now.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn't like some of the destinations. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That, lad," he said proudly, "was some of the worst poetry I have heard for a long time. It was offensive to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Then there was a time I woke up and there was your world coming at me like a custard pie thrown by… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins.* * Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a… — 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
“Rincewind rather enjoyed times like this. They convinced him that he wasn’t mad because, if he was mad, that left no word… — 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
“He savoured the moment. He’d like to take this moment and press it carefully in a big book, so that when he… — 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
