Terry Pratchett quotes - page 15

Most witches don't believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don't believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman. (Terry Pratchett)
People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. View quote
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Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. View quote
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Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time. View quote
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Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough. View quote
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It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere. View quote
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Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote. View quote
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... and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves. View quote
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Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive. View quote
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The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions? View quote
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No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect. (Terry Pratchett)
Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. View quote
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Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known. View quote
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Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down. View quote
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Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken. View quote
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. View quote
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I hate cats." Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant. "I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters. View quote
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His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few. View quote
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The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find. View quote
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I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible. View quote
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There is always time for another last minute. (Terry Pratchett)
It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse. View quote
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Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise. View quote
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What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man? View quote
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This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs. View quote
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