12 quotes found
“The hated have no reason to love.”
“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”
“Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.”
“I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.”
“ you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.”
“He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.”
“They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever.”
“Could I please amend that suggestion? Could you not be there in the second darkest shadow one hour before midnight, to see who steps into the darkest shadow?”
“She waited with Billy Slick while Carrot went on the errand, and for something to say, she said, Billy Slick doesnt sound much like a goblin name? Billy made a face. Too right! Granny calls me Of t...”
“After all, people seemed quite easy about having their rights and liberties taken away by those they looked up to, but somehow a space on the perch was a slap in the face, and treated as such.”
“If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyones wallets.”
“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.”
