Terry Pratchett: Trending quotes (page 18)

“Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.”

“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft.”

“These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives for literature after a happy existence in the very best pastures.”

“Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever touching lips.”

“We sleepwalk through our lives, because how could we live if we were always this awake?”

“Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But… ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just… well, things happening one after another.”

“The Departure Aria, a very important and romantic song”

“No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.”

“‎No one remembers the singer. The song remains.”

“The city's full of people who you just see around.”

“Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.”

“The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.”

“They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down…”

“See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.”

“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.”

“Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals.”

“There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. It's sad, but that's all you can say about some people.”

“People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.”

“In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.”