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“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?”
“Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!”
“The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever men and turtles were gathered together; the four elephants were an Indo-European ...”
“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where t...”
“Then Tak looked upon the stone and it was trying to come alive, and Tak smiled, and wrote All things strive.And for the service the stone had given, he fashioned it into the first Troll, and deligh...”
“I just think the world ought to be more sort of organized.''That's just fantasy,' said Twoflower.'I know. That's the trouble.' Rincewind sighed again.”
“It's rude to stare," said the troll. Its mouth opened with a little crest of foam, and shut again in exactly the same way that water closes over a stone. "Is it? Why?" asked Rincewind. How does he ...”
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed self-evident wisdom* *Made it upand extrapolated from associated sour...”
“Is somethin' wrong?" said Daft Wullie."Aye!" snapped the kelda. "Rob willnae tak' a drink o' Special Sheep Liniment!"Wullie's little face screwed up in instant grief."Ach, the Big Man's deid!" he s...”
“Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.”
“His granny taught him to read, see. I reckon it overheated his mind.”
“Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time.”
“Tiffany thought of the little spot in the woods where Granny Weatherwax lay. Remembered. And knew that You had been right. Granny Weatherwax was indeed here. And there. She was, in fact, and always...”
“Tiffany found her mind filling up with an invisible gray mist, and in that thought there was nothing but grief. She could feel herself trying to push back time, but even the best witchcraft could n...”
“On the Kite, the situation was being 'workshopped'. This is the means by which people who don't know anything get together to pool their ignorance.”
“Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, becausewhat with trolls and dwarfs and so onspeciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.”
“There was a hell for blasphemers. There was a hell for disputers of rightful authority. There were a number of hells for liars. There was probably a hell for little boys who wished their grandmothe...”
“Silverfish looked down."Oh. Are you a dwarf?"Cuddy gave him a blank stare."Are you a giant?" He said."Me? Of course not!""Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes.”
“Ye mustn't be afraid to ask for help. Pride is a good thing, my girl, but it will kill you in time.”
“Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.Sir?It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.Sir?Thats practically zen.”
