Terry Pratchett: Trending quotes (page 6)

“There were no public health laws in Ankh-Morpork. It would be like installing smoke detectors in Hell.”

“All things are defined by names. Change the name, and you change the thing.”

“God does not play games with His loyal servants", said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice.
"Whoopee", said Crowley.”

“The dwarfs can turn lead into gold…
It reached the pointy ears of the dwarfs.
-Can we?
-Damned if I know. I can't.
-Yeah, but if you could, you wouldn't say. I wouldn't say, if I could.
-Can you?
-No!
-Ah-ha!”

“Don't, Miss Tick had said. things.”

“Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.”

“There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.”

“Oh, well… up until now it had been a good day, in a horrible kind of way.”

“Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.”

“The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.”

“It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.”

“We cannae just rush in, ye ken."
"Point o' order, Big Man. Yejust rush in. Wejust rush in."
"Aye, Big Yan, point well made. But ye gotta knowye're just gonna rush in. Ye cannae just rush in. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight awa'.”

“People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense.”

“In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams?”

“The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.”

“Oh, always all right. You remember that. We happen to other people.
-Nanny Ogg”

“It is possibly worth mentioning at this point that Mr. Young thought that paparazzi was a kind of Italian linoleum.”

“But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.”

“Once you had a good excuse, you opened the door to bad excuses.”