3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Midnight ...Stare at screen. Vaguely aware right hand has hit keys to open new file. Start breathing very slowly.Write 1,943 words.Bed.For a day there, thought we weren't going to make it.

There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise.

They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever.

But this didn't feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.

Big fat hairy monkey, hands a couple of octaves wide?

Usually they defined "listening" as a period in which you worked out what you were going to say next.

Right. A wizard’s only a priest without a god and a damp handshake,” said Granny.

Thatsh prieshts for you,” said the old man wetly. “Nothing by torc, torc, torc.

The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?” he said.“I saw them throwing one another in the river, sir.”The king nodded again. “That sounds about right,” he said. “They’ve come to their senses at last.