Face to face Quote by Terry Pratchett

“Everybody does it!" Quirke burst out. "It's perks !" "Everybody?" said Vimes. He looked around at the squad. "Anyone else here take bribes?" His…

— Terry Pratchett

“We try to make guests feel welcome," said Dee, scuttling behind his desk. He pulled off his pointed hat and, to Vimes's amazement, put…

— Terry Pratchett

“I matched him glare for glare and refused to back down. I’d learnt that much, working with the guys we recruited for protection work.…

— Mina Carter

“The other two entered the room. Vimes gave his men his usual look of resigned dismay. "My squad," he mumbled. "Fine body of men,"…

— Terry Pratchett

“Vimes stuck his helmet under his arm, smoothed back his hair, and knocked. He'd considered asking Sargent Colon to accompany him, but had brushed…

— Terry Pratchett

“I'm not entirely certain who arranged to have the lighting in the Rooks' offices and quarters hooked up to the Panic Lines, but it…

— Daniel O'Malley

“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…

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“Look down, your grace," said Skimmer. "Mhm, mhm." Vimes realized he could feel the faintest prick of a knife blade on his stomach. "Look…

— Terry Pratchett

“What about the Vimes manual, then?" snapped Vimes. "I notice you've never bothered to learn how to use me!" The demon hesitated. "Humans come…

— Terry Pratchett

“I rotated my eyeball—and, goddamnit, even that hurt—to see the leader of my bodyguards peering at me.”

— Karen Chance

“The horsemen came closer. Vimes was not good at horsemen. Something in him resented being addressed by anyone eight feet above the ground. He…

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“he had the ability to appear in the background, even if he was standing at the front of a queue.”

— Markus Zusak