Terry Pratchett: Trending quotes (page 37)

“Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.”

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.”

“The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.”

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”

“Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?”

“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”

“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”

“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”

“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

“This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.”

“We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.”

“Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.”

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”

“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”

“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”

“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.”

“If you trust in yourself… and believe in your dreams… and follow your star… you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”