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“If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone’s wallets.”

Terry Pratchett book Snuff

Source: Snuff

“Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because—what with trolls and dwarfs and so on—speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

Source: Witches Abroad

“But I don'tin reincarnation!" he protested.
SQUEAK.
And this, Mr Pounder understood with absolute rodent clarity, meant: reincarnation believes in.”

Terry Pratchett book Maskerade

Source: Maskerade

“Esme Weatherwax hadn't done nice. She'd done what was.”

Terry Pratchett book The Shepherd's Crown

Source: The Shepherd's Crown

“Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.”

Terry Pratchett book The Truth

Source: The Truth

“I don't want to hurt you, Mistress Weatherwax," said Mrs Gogol.
"That's good," said Granny. "I don't want you to hurt me either.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

Source: Witches Abroad

“How do you get all those coins?" asked Mort.
IN PAIRS.”

Terry Pratchett book Mort

Source: Mort

“Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.”

Terry Pratchett book Snuff

Source: Snuff

“Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.”

Terry Pratchett book Pyramids

Source: Pyramids

“One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is also, when you get right down to it, only human.”

Terry Pratchett book Guards! Guards!

Source: Guards! Guards!

“Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.”

Terry Pratchett The Long Earth

Source: The Long Earth

“His sister had been sent down to the village to ask Mistress Garlick the witch how you stopped spelling recommendation.”

Terry Pratchett book Guards! Guards!

Source: Guards! Guards!

“Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death.
"What does it contain, then?"
ME.”

Terry Pratchett book Sourcery

Source: Sourcery

“I? KILL? said Death, obviously offended. CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT?”

Terry Pratchett book Mort

Source: Mort

“Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist.”

Terry Pratchett book Soul Music

Source: Soul Music

“On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: The Color of Magic

“Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft.

When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big.”

Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man

Source: Reaper Man

“There was no light at the end of the tunnel--or if there was, it was an oncoming train.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Variant: He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch