Terry Pratchett quotes - page 18

He felt that the darkness was full of unimaginable horrors - and the trouble with unimaginable horrors was that they were only too easy to imagine... (Terry Pratchett)
... people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood. View quote
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You just put that sword away, sir, please," said the voice of Lance-Constable Vimes. "You will not shoot me, you young idiot. That would be murder," said the captain calmly. "Not where I'm aiming, sir. View quote
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Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. View quote
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One day a tortoise will learn how to fly. View quote
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Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people. View quote
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It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane. View quote
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The Kraken stirs. And ten billion sushi dinners cry out for vengeance. View quote
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Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge. View quote
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Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something. View quote
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His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things. (Terry Pratchett)
When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment. View quote
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Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity. View quote
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Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart. View quote
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I've seen excitement, and I've seen boredom. And boredom was best. View quote
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It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing. View quote
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Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. View quote
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I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places. View quote
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When you look into the abyss, it's not supposed to wave back. View quote
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Witches were a bit like cats. They didn't much like one another's company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them. View quote
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The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking. (Terry Pratchett)
He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves. View quote
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Learnin' how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them. View quote
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When I am old I shall wear midnight. View quote
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The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. View quote
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