--- title: "19 Young Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "19 Young quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/terry-pratchett-19_granny-weatherwax_sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-l_594551.jpg" --- > [“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-like-things-including-yourself/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/terry-pratchett-19_granny-weatherwax_sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-l_594551.jpg) > [No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/no-one-thinks-that-young-adults-read-hooks-for-young-adults-books-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/terry-pratchett-19_adults_no-one-thinks-that-young-adults-read-hoo_2685583.jpg) > [...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/inside-every-old-person-is-a-young-person-wondering-what-happened/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/terry-pratchett-19_birthday_inside-every-old-person-is-a-young-perso_2578184.jpg) > [And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-people-like-things/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/terry-pratchett-19_men_and-sin-young-man-is-when-you-treat-peop_1975625.jpg) > [She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-was-a-beefy-young-woman-and-whatever-piece-of-music-she-was/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/terry-pratchett-19_losing_she-was-a-beefy-young-woman-and-whatever_745651.jpg) > [Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/never-cross-a-woman-with-a-star-on-a-stick-young-lady-they-ve-got-a/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/terry-pratchett-19_crosses_never-cross-a-woman-with-a-star-on-a-sti_1327942.jpg) > [“Nutt was young and as such did not have that reverence for age that is had by, mostly, the aged.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/nutt-was-young-and-as-such-did-not-have-that-reverence-for-age-that/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/terry-pratchett-19_quote_nutt-was-young-and-as-such-did-not-have_850051.jpg) > [Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/young-adults-that-actually-read-are-reading-bodice-rippers-and-best/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/terry-pratchett-19_adults_young-adults-that-actually-read-are-read_433924.jpg) > [Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/young-man-the-games-we-play-are-lessons-we-learn-the-assumptions-we/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/terry-pratchett-19_assumption_young-man-the-games-we-play-are-lessons_2265016.jpg) > [And Sam Vimes thought: Why is Young Sam's nursery full of farmyard animals anyway? Why are his books full of moo-cows and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-sam-vimes-thought-why-is-young-sam-s-nursery-full-of-farmyard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/terry-pratchett-19_animal_and-sam-vimes-thought-why-is-young-sam-s_418303.jpg) > [You just put that sword away, sir, please," said the voice of Lance-Constable Vimes. "You will not shoot me, you young idiot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-just-put-that-sword-away-sir-please-said-the-voice-of-lance/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/terry-pratchett-19_captains_you-just-put-that-sword-away-sir-please_70893.jpg) > [The space between the young reader’s eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-space-between-the-young-reader-s-eyeballs-and-the-printed-page-is/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/terry-pratchett-19_books_the-space-between-the-young-reader-s-eye_494793.jpg) > [I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-do-note-with-interest-that-old-women-in-my-books-become-young-women/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/terry-pratchett-19_aging_i-do-note-with-interest-that-old-women-i_1962956.jpg) > [The landscape was snow and green ice on broken mountains. These weren't old mountains, worn down by time and weather and full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-landscape-was-snow-and-green-ice-on-broken-mountains-these-weren/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/terry-pratchett-19_broken_the-landscape-was-snow-and-green-ice-on_609811.jpg) > [One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/one-of-the-hardest-lessons-in-young-sam-s-life-had-been-finding-out/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/terry-pratchett-19_findings_one-of-the-hardest-lessons-in-young-sam_72628.jpg) > [The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-bravest-person-i-ve-ever-met-was-a-young-boy-going-through/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/terry-pratchett-19_amount_the-bravest-person-i-ve-ever-met-was-a-y_1406359.jpg) > [The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-only-thing-more-dangerous-then-a-vampire-crazed-with-blood-lust/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/terry-pratchett-19_bedroom_the-only-thing-more-dangerous-then-a-vam_2096051.jpg) > [That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/that-s-a-nice-song-said-young-sam-and-vimes-remembered-that-he-was/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/terry-pratchett-19_angel_that-s-a-nice-song-said-young-sam-and-vi_923286.jpg) > [Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/would-a-minute-have-mattered-no-probably-not-although-his-young-son/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/terry-pratchett-19_accurate_would-a-minute-have-mattered-no-probably_1844875.jpg) ## Other authors on Young ## More by Terry Pratchett > [“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-one-s-mental-eccentric-what-s-the-difference-a-bag-of-cash/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-i-did-not-return-until-half-past-four-this-morning-and-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/someone-broke-from-the-scrum-and-punching-and-kicking-staggered/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than-17-of-real-cats-end-their/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-trust-folk-songs-they-always-sneak-up-on-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-dragons-should-exist-completely-or-fail-to-exist-at-all-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/magrat-wondered-what-it-was-like-spending-your-whole-life-doing/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-hardback-s-harder-at-christmas-time-because-that-s-a-good-hardback/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-were-more-old-people-the-world-was-full-of-them-said-the-wizard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/hobson-was-big-and-heavyset-but-not-exactly-fat-he-was-probably-what/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-is-a-night-that-never-comes-to-an-end-the-clock-of-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-d-like-freedom-truth-and-justice-wouldn-t-you-comrade-sergeant/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-not-apprehensive-are-you-i-can-t-detect-no-trace-of-fear-none/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/imagination-not-intelligence-made-us-human/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "19 Young Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. 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