Quotes from Terry Pratchett

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than the date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.

And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.

This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.

In my heart, I'm just a kid from the council houses. I can remember the old cottage and my dad coming round with the tin bath. I'm not a rich man.

Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.

Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'.

As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick.

By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.

A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.

I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly.

When it's time to stop living, I will certainly make Death my number one choice!

This was the definition of eternity; it was the space of time devised by the Great God Om to ensure that everyone got the punishment that was due to them.

He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania

This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And Fate always wins.

That, lad," he said proudly, "was some of the worst poetry I have heard for a long time. It was offensive to the ear and a torrrture to the soul....We'll make a gonnagle out of ye yet!

History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.

We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time.

People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour.

She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person.

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

The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now before it runs away and becomes the then.