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“Magic never dies. It merely fades away.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: The Color of Magic

“He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.”

Terry Pratchett book Snuff

Source: Snuff

“FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT….”

Terry Pratchett book The Shepherd's Crown

Source: The Shepherd's Crown

“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.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: Men at Arms: The Play

“Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.”

Terry Pratchett book Wyrd Sisters

Source: Wyrd Sisters

“In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: The Color of Magic

“[The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.”

Terry Pratchett book Monstrous Regiment

Source: Monstrous Regiment

“Death strode away, stopped, and came back. He pointed a skeletal finger at The Duck Man.
WHY, he said, ARE YOU WALKING AROUND WITH THAT DUCK?
"What duck?"
AH. SORRY.”

Terry Pratchett book Soul Music

Source: Soul Music

“Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!”

Terry Pratchett book Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.”

Terry Pratchett book Jingo

Source: Jingo

“Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

“You call yourself some kind of goddess and you know nothing, madam, nothing. What don't die can't live. What don't live can't change. What don't change can't learn. The smallest creature that dies in the grass knows more than you.”

Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies

Source: Lords and Ladies

“Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.”

Terry Pratchett book Pyramids

Source: Pyramids

“You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?”

Terry Pratchett book The Fifth Elephant

Source: The Fifth Elephant

“… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.”

Terry Pratchett book Snuff

Source: Snuff

“It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed."
"That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

Source: Witches Abroad

“The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys.”

Terry Pratchett book The Wee Free Men

Source: The Wee Free Men

“Lessee… he'd gone off after the funeral and gotten drunk. No, not drunk, another word, ended with "er." Drunker. that was it.”

Terry Pratchett book Guards! Guards!

Source: Guards! Guards!

“What did they feed the lions and tigers with in the ark, sir?”

Terry Pratchett book Nation

Source: Nation

“Your own brain ought to have the decency to be on your side!”

Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith

Source: Wintersmith