Quote by Terry Pratchett

“A city like Ankh-Morpork was only two meals away from chaos at the best of times.”

— Terry Pratchett

“In Ankh-Morpork even the shit have a street to itself," said Detritus, awe and wonder in his voice. "Truly, this a land of opportunity.”

— Terry Pratchett

“A small crowd was collecting. A small crowd collected very easily in Ankh-Morpork. As a city, it had some of the most accomplished spectators…

— Terry Pratchett

“Now pull back briefly from the dripping streets of Ankh-Morpork, pan across the morning mists of the Disc, and focus in again on a…

— Terry Pratchett

“the river Ankh, a waterway so muddy that it looks as if it is flowing upside down.”

— Terry Pratchett

“The coach passed by many buildings of this sort, which would no doubt be little palaces to the occupants, who had escaped from Cockbill…

— Terry Pratchett

“Anything of even mildly antiquarian or historic interest was the target of destruction, and anyone who deplored the way the city was remaking itself…

— Stephen Birmingham

“And so Mort came at last to the river Ankh, greatest of rivers. Even before it entered the city, it was slow and heavy…

— Terry Pratchett

Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“There’s a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork, greatest of Discworld cities. At least, there’s a saying that there’s a saying that all…

— Terry Pratchett

“The town lay beneath their feet, its outskirts in ruin from the negligence of arrogant people who thought it was acceptable to let everything…

— Konstantina P

“So abased, so monotonous is everything that meets the eye, that when the Ganges comes down it might be expected to wash the excrescence…

— E.M. Forster