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“DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT.”

Terry Pratchett book Hogfather

Source: Hogfather

“In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?”

Terry Pratchett book Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone’s mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.”

Terry Pratchett book Wyrd Sisters

Source: Wyrd Sisters

“Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed', although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.”

Terry Pratchett book The Light Fantastic

Source: The Light Fantastic

“Chances are where you find them”

Terry Pratchett book Moving Pictures

Source: Moving Pictures

“Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: The Color of Magic

“The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.”

Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith

Source: Wintersmith

“Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.”

Terry Pratchett book Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can just hear the universe replying, “Well, what about you?”

Terry Pratchett book Thief of Time

Source: Thief of Time

“Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.”

Terry Pratchett book Witches Abroad

Source: Witches Abroad

“If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged”

Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man

Source: Reaper Man

“I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.”

Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight

Source: I Shall Wear Midnight

“They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.”

Terry Pratchett book The Wee Free Men

Source: The Wee Free Men

“Oh, Ivery angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”

Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight

Source: I Shall Wear Midnight

“People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.”

Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight

Source: I Shall Wear Midnight

“Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Source: Interesting Times: The Play

“Oh yes? Can you identify yourself?
-Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.”

Terry Pratchett book Maskerade

Source: Maskerade

“Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.”
“Sir?”
“It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.”
“Sir?”
“That’s practically zen.”

Terry Pratchett book Feet of Clay

Source: Feet of Clay

“Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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