Terry Pratchett: Quotes about time (page 2)

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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…”

“Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.”

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

“Strength enough to build a home,
Time enough to hold a child,
Love enough to break a heart”

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

“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.”

“As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There is a curse.
They say:
May you live in interesting times.”