Terry Pratchett: Quotes about time

Terry Pratchett was English author. Explore interesting quotes on time.
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Terry Pratchett quote: “There is always time for another last minute”

“There is always time for another last minute”

Terry Pratchett book Hogfather

Source: Hogfather

“This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.”

Terry Pratchett book The Wee Free Men

Source: The Wee Free Men

“Listen, Peaches, is what humans are all about," said the voice of Maurice. "They're so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.”

Terry Pratchett

Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

“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

“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

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

Terry Pratchett

Source: The Color of Magic

“We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here, and we're feeling the after-effects.'

Precisely,' said a passing bush.”

Terry Pratchett

Source: The Color of Magic

“Million-to-one chances… crop up nine times out of ten.”

Terry Pratchett book Equal Rites

Source: Equal Rites

“I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment.”

Terry Pratchett book The Last Continent

Source: The Last Continent

“There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.”

Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight

Source: I Shall Wear Midnight

“I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said "You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm". At the time this was the last thing on my mind…”

Terry Pratchett

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“Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.”

Terry Pratchett book Unseen Academicals

Source: Unseen Academicals

“She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.”

Terry Pratchett

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

“The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.”

Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies

Source: Lords and Ladies

“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave… you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual terrible things to him.”

Terry Pratchett

Source: The Color of Magic