Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

"Susan stared at him. The blue glow in Death’s eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and into the darkness beyond……which went on and on, for ever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone."
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"Susan stared at him. The blue glow in Death’s eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and into the darkness beyond……which went on and on, for ever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone."
Terry Pratchett
"It was the kind of storm that suggests the whole sky has swallowed a diuretic."
Terry Pratchett
"No,' she said. 'No, I don't reckon that's what I do now. Are you watchin', Mrs Gogol? Are you watchin' real close' Her gaze travelled the room and rested for just a fraction of a second on Magrat. Then she reached over, carefully, and thrust her arm up to the elbow into the burning torch. And the doll in Erzulie Gogol's hands burst into flame. It went on blazing even after the witch had screamed and dropped it on to the floor. It went on burning until Nanny Ogg ambled over with a jug of fruit juice from the buffet, whistling between her teeth, and put it out. Granny withdrew her hand. It was unscathed."
Terry Pratchett
"There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises."
Terry Pratchett
"I get depressed with these fluffy dragons and noble elves. Elves were never noble. They were cruel bastards. And I dislike heroes. You can’t trust the buggers. They always let you down. I don’t believe in the natural nobility of kings, because a large percentage of them in our history have turned out to be power-crazed idiots. And I certainly don’t believe in the wisdom of wizards. I’ve worked with their modern equivalents, and I know what I’m talking about."
Terry Pratchett
"Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery."
Terry Pratchett
"Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences."
Terry Pratchett
"There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this."
Terry Pratchett
"To Tiffany's surprise, Nanny Ogg was weeping gently. Nanny took another swig from her flagon and wiped her eyes. 'Cryin' helps sometimes,' she said. 'No shame in tears for them as you've loved. Sometimes I remember one of my husbands and shed a tear or two. The memories're there to be treasured, and it's no good to get morbid-like about it."
Terry Pratchett
"Cats do not hunt seals. They would hunt them if they knew what seals and where to find them. But they do not know, so it's okay."
Terry Pratchett
"Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls"
Terry Pratchett
"Er, excuse me,' said the man as Nanny Ogg turned away, 'but what is that on your shoulders''It's. . . a fur collar,' said Nanny.'Excuse me, but I just saw it flick its tail.''Yes. I happen to believe in beauty without cruelty."
Terry Pratchett
"Revenge is not redress. Revenge is a wheel, and it turns backwards."
Terry Pratchett
"Where there is personality, there is discord."
Terry Pratchett
"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."
Terry Pratchett Lords and Ladies
"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."
Terry Pratchett Small Gods
"Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job. The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a chance of fitting in."
Terry Pratchett
"Might have just been an innocent bystander, sir,’ said Carrot'What, in Ankh-Morpork?’Yes, sir.’‘We should have grabbed him, then, just for the rarity value"
Terry Pratchett
"He looked at her defiantly, and she thought: and so one at a time we all become human—human werewolves, human dwarfs, human trolls …the melting pot melts in one direction only, and so we make progress."
Terry Pratchett
"His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about seven thousand years old."
Terry Pratchett
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