3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

It wasn’t that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.

What’s the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can’t blow something up?

Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn’t take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.

There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.

Life is just chemicals. A drop here, a drip there, everything’s changed. A mere dribble of fermented juices and sudenlly you’re going to live another few hours.

One day I’ll be dead and THEN you’ll all be sorry.

The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody’s wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys.

I don’t think it’s weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

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