3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

...a man could be dogmatic, and that was all right, or he could be stupid, and no harm done, but stupid and dogmatic at the same time was too much, especially fluxed with body odor.

…but young Sam was watching him, across thirty years. When we break down, it all breaks down. That’s just how it works. You can bend it, and if you make it hot enough you can bend it in a circle, but you can’t break it. When you break it, it all breaks down until there’s nothing unbroken. It starts here and now.

Apprehend. Be humble in the face of the universe. Do good. Eleven words. Three rules.

That bit where that lad sprang backwards right across the room with them axes in his hands was impressive, though.""Yeah.""You didn't ought to have stuck your sword out like that, I thought.""He's learned an important lesson.""It won't do him much good now where he's gone.

There was a bird whistle as Polly neared the hiding place. She identified this one as the sound of the Very Bad Bird Impersonator…

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.

Crowley thumped the wheel. Everything had been going so well, he'd had it really under his thumb these few centuries. That's how it goes, you think you're on top of the world, and suddenly they spring Armageddon on you.

...smoke twisting amongst the lights and turning the air a desolate blue, the colour of dead hopes and lost chances.

Muntmeester, ik teken protest aan! Bankieren is geen spelletje!''Beste meneer Krom, natuurlijk is het een spelletje en nog wel een heel oud spelletje ook. Het heet: "Wat kunnen we ongestraft flikken?".