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“Insanity is catching.”
“Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.”
“Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.”
“The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.”
“. . . you worked for Harry King, they said, because a broken leg was bad for business, and Harry King was all about business.”
“He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity. ”
“The money will talk?' said Mr Spools carefully.'Imps,' said Moist. 'They're only a sort of intelligent spell. They don't even have to have a shape. We'll print them on the higher denominations.”
“Igor?' said Moist. 'You have an Igor?'Oh, yes,' said Hubert. 'That's how I get this wonderful light. They know the secret of storing lightning in jars! But don't let that worry you, Mr Lipspick. Ju...”
“You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?""Only a man would think of that.It's our job," said Moist. "If you don't think of fifty-foot-high killer golems first,...”
“Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we have to make more money to pay our overtime, and if the lads is a bit tired we ends up...”
“But what's worth more than gold?""Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?”
“I think it is just a matter of getting into the mind of the writer, Vetinari went on, looking at a letter covered with grubby fingerprints and what looked like the remains of someones breakfast. He...”
“They are tragic,' said Vetinari, 'and we laugh at their tragedy as we laugh at our own. The painted grin leers out at us from the darkness, mocking our insane belief in order, logic, status, the re...”
“Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around th...”
