3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Sometimes the moon is light and sometimes it's in shadow, but you should always remember it's the same moon.

A child needs to know his parents, Mrs. Ogg,” she said. “Now more than ever. He needs to know who he really is. It’s going to be hard for him, and I want to help him.” “Why?” “Because I wish someone had helped me,” said Susan.

If women were as good as men they'd be a lot better!

No normal sheet of paper could possibly trace their family tree, which in any case was more like a mangrove thicket.

The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You’ve got to stop. You haven’t really been anywhere until you’ve got back home.

Sometimes the moon is light and sometimes it’s in shadow, but you should always remember it’s the same moon.

He glanced at the sun which, old professional that it was, chose that moment to drop below the horizon.

Sybil’s female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold chocolates while trolls were trying to break into the compound, or had merely stayed at home and nursed such bits of husbands and sons as made it back from endless little wars.  The result was a species of woman who, when duty called, turned into solid steel.

It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.