Terry Pratchett: Cytaty po angielsku (strona 20)

“The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated.”

“Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.”

“The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist at all.”

“They didn't have to be funny — they werejokes.”

“Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.”

“You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.”

“If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.”

“There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.”

“If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.”

“Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to.”

“Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?"
"Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.”

“Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos were lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armor and shouting 'All Gods are bastards.”

“The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.”

“One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.”

“You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant.
You mean the sledgehammer, sir?
Yes.”

“You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?”

“If you try to to take my bananas from me, I will reclaim them from your cold dead hands.”

“And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.”

“Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.”