It is possible to live well with dementia and write best-sellers 'like wot I do. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Oh, well...up until now it had been a good day, in a horrible kind of way. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. — 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
While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from… — 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
Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I know it’s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!" "My mother… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, yes, but it's not about the football." "You're saying that football is not about football?" "It's the sharing," she said. "It's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they… — 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
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN? The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you’re going to go on about… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The Librarian considered matters for a while. So…a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Do you know how wizards like to be buried?" "Yes!" "Well, how?" Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs. "Reluctantly. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive. — 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
In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era,… — 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
