3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

He thought of the deep crevasses and windy caves of Underlay, and the stories of the creatures that dwelt there. Of course, he didn’t believe in them. He’d told them, because the handing on of an oral mythology was very important to a developing culture, but he didn’t believe in supernatural monsters. He shivered. He hoped they didn’t believe in him.

Twas beauty killed the beast,‘ said the Dean, who liked to say things like that.‘No it wasn‘t,‘ said the Chair. ‘It was it splatting into the ground like that.

It's hard enough bein' people as it is, without other people coming and messin' you around.

Learnin’ how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them.

I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that.

The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

Ain’t you scared?” she said. Granny cracked her knuckles. “No. But I hope it is.

Other people would probably say: I wasn’t myself. But Granny Weatherwax didn’t have anyone else to be.