Discworld Quotes
15 quotes by 1 authors
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Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and…
— Terry Pratchett
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Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous.…
— Terry Pratchett
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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new…
— Terry Pratchett
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'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you…
— Terry Pratchett
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I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most…
— Terry Pratchett
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The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I…
— Terry Pratchett
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I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than…
— Terry Pratchett
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The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a…
— Terry Pratchett
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A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
— Terry Pratchett
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It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?
— Terry Pratchett
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You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we…
— Terry Pratchett
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Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and…
— Terry Pratchett
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Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst…
— Terry Pratchett
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The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and…
— Terry Pratchett
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Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
— Terry Pratchett
Who Wrote These Discworld Quotes
1 author contributed a total of 15 Discworld Quotes as follows: