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with the grin of one who mistakenly thinks he's a wit when he's only half a one.
~ Terry Pratchett
Rincewind had been generally reckoned by his tutors to be a natural wizard in the same way that fish are natural mountaineers.
~ Terry Pratchett
Gossiping's part of witchcraft,' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet.
~ Terry Pratchett
What's this here," he said suspiciously, "about us got to give you faggots?" Oh, we have to have them," said Newt, "We burn them." Say what?" We burn them." The guard's face broadened into a grin. And they'd told him England was soft. "Right on!" he said
~ Terry Pratchett
The human mind was a deep and abiding mystery and the Librarian was glad he didn't have one anymore.
~ Terry Pratchett
G-d does not play games with His loyal servants, said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice. Whooo-eee, said Crowley. Where have you been?
~ Terry Pratchett
They were engineers. They knew about Murphy. They weren't about to upset no pixie.
~ Terry Pratchett
It was destined to be the most impressive kiss in the history of foreplay. The kiss lasted more than fifteen years. Not even frogs can manage that.
~ Terry Pratchett
Vimes' glare ran from face to face, causing most of the squad to do an immediate impression of the Floorboard and Ceiling Inspectors Synchronised Observation Team.
~ Terry Pratchett
D'yer see it? This finger, laddie, could send ye to meet yer Maker!" Sgt. Deisenburger stared at the black and purple nail a few inches from his face. As an offensive weapon it rated quite highly, especially if it was ever used in the preparation of food.
~ Terry Pratchett
The Great God Om waxed wroth, or at least made a spirited attempt. There is a limit to the amount of wroth that can be waxed one inch from the ground, and he was right up against it.
~ Terry Pratchett
YOU ARE NOT AFRAID? 'Not yet. But, er...which way to the egress, please?' There was a pause. Then Death said, in a puzzled voice: ISN'T THAT A FEMALE EAGLE?
~ Terry Pratchett
It is impossible to accommodate everyone and twice as impossible to please all the dwarfs.
~ Terry Pratchett
Foul Ole Ron was a physical schizophrenic. There was Foul Ole Ron, and there was the smell of Foul Ole Ron, which had obviously developed over the years to such an extent that it had a distinct personality
~ Terry Pratchett
The dark moppets of dread played their paranoid hopscotch across Moist's inner eyeballs.
~ Terry Pratchett
Camels have a very democratic approach to the human race. They hate every member of it, without making any distinctions for rank or creed.
~ Terry Pratchett
Aziraphale was an angel, but he also worshiped books.
~ Terry Pratchett
You're an interesting man, sergeant. You make enemies like a craftsman.
~ Terry Pratchett
Ella turned to the fireplace where a blackened kettle hung over what Granny Weatherwax always called an optimist's fire: two logs and hope.
~ Terry Pratchett
He made a noise like an owl. Since Moist was no ornithologist, he did this by saying "woo woo.
~ Terry Pratchett
His rabbitty features looked unusually determined, as if a hamster had spotted a gap in its treadmill.
~ Terry Pratchett
We are armed with the truth. What can harm us if we are armed with the truth?' 'Well, a crossbow bolt can, e.g., go right through your eye and out the back of your head,' said Sergeant Colon.
~ Terry Pratchett
How do you spell 'contravention'? said Carrot, turning over a page. I don't, said Nobby, pushing through the crowds.
~ Terry Pratchett
If that's what bein' bad does to you, Nanny thought, I could of done with some of that years ago. The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.
~ Terry Pratchett