All Terry Pratchett Quotes
- I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional… Altogether
- The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words… Behind
- Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic. Attic
- After a while, another voice said: One, two, three, four- And the universe came into being. It was wrong to call it a big bang.… All
- Your whole life passes in front of your eyes before you die. This is called living. Called
- Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous.… Careful
- Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the… Answer
- Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said in the faraway… All
- You see the lighted windows and what you want to think is that there may be many interesting stories behind them, but what you know… Account
- Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.' Aaargh
- He found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best in the spring,… Ankh
- And we don't often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it's easier… Ankh
- They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker Battle
- When they're standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment. Front
- What your soldier wants - really, really wants - is no-one shooting back at him. Him
- Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong. All
- Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the real word for… Argument
- It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite… Beneath
- Welcome to fear, said Moist to himself. It's hope, turned inside out. You know it can't go wrong, you're sure it can't go wrong... But… Fear
- Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord. Apparently
- So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive nodes, and there… Child
- People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made… All
- Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in… Believe
- If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read… All
- Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the… All