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“When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.”

Terry Pratchett book Johnny and the Bomb

Source: Johnny and the Bomb

“I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, said Bill Door. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS RIGHT. OR WRONG. JUST PLACES TO STAND.”

Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man

Source: Reaper Man

“That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone?”

Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith

Source: Wintersmith

“You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.”

Terry Pratchett book Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy way is that the hard way works.”

Terry Pratchett book The Truth

Source: The Truth

“It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.”

Terry Pratchett book Pyramids

Source: Pyramids

“Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

“Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.”

Terry Pratchett book Dodger

Source: Dodger

“The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.”

Terry Pratchett book Carpe Jugulum

Source: Carpe Jugulum

“the IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters”

Terry Pratchett book Maskerade

Source: Maskerade

“Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.”

Terry Pratchett book The Truth

Source: The Truth

“Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.”

Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies

Source: Lords and Ladies

“Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's… well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-"
"Go for the throat”

Terry Pratchett book Carpe Jugulum

Source: Carpe Jugulum

“If women were as good as men they'd be a lot better!”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

“I read anything that’s going to be interesting. But you don’t know what it is until you’ve read it. Somewhere in a book on the history of false teeth there’ll be the making of a novel.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

“Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw.
It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”

Terry Pratchett book Feet of Clay

Source: Feet of Clay

“He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn’t happen to you every year.”

Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man

Source: Reaper Man

“That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to spit it out.”

Terry Pratchett book Raising Steam

Source: Raising Steam

“Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we become.”

Terry Pratchett book Dodger

Source: Dodger