!!!!!“A man could go far, knowing his rights like you do,” said Granny. “But right now he should go home.”
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?”
Terry Pratchett, Mort“You’re dead,” he said. Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. “I’m not” lacked a certain style, while “Is it serious?” seemed somehow too frivolous.
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A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed.
Terry Pratchett, PyramidsAlthough the scythe isn’t pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants’ revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.
Terry Pratchett, MortBishops move diagonally. That’s why they often turn up where the kings don’t expect them to be.
Terry Pratchett, Small GodsDiscworldFive exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
Terry Pratchett, Reaper ManFor animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
Terry Pratchett, Equal RitesGravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.
Terry Pratchett, Small GodsHe’d never realized that, deep down inside, what he really wanted to do was make things go splat.
Terry Pratchett, Reaper ManI used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.
Terry Pratchett, Small GodsIn the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Terry Pratchett, Lords and LadiesIt is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.
Terry Pratchett, Equal RitesLET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS?
Death, Death and What Comes NextNanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.
Terry Pratchett, Lords and LadiesPets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o’course
Terry Pratchett, Small GodsRincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, “Where’s my clean socks?”, no-one answers.
Terry Pratchett, EricSome people are heroes. And some people jot down notes.
Terry Pratchett, The TruthSometimes it’s better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
Terry Pratchett, Men at ArmsTaxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum of moo. And I am afraid to say that these days all I get is moo.
Terry Pratchett, JingoTerry Pratchett (Wikipedia)
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd SistersThe L-Space Web (lspace.org)The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
Terry Pratchett, The TruthThey both savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things.
Terry Pratchett, Equal RitesThis isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchettWe’re philosophers. We think, therefore we am.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods