Sourcery Quotes

“It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“Talent just defines what you do...It doesn't define what you are. Deep down, I mean. When you know what you are, you can do anything”
― Terry Pratchett

“Perhaps you should try wearing, well, a bit more clothing?”
“Oh, I couldn’t do that. You’ve got to wear all this leather stuff.”
“I wouldn’t call it all,” said Rincewind. “There’s not enough of it to call it all. Why have you got to wear it?”
“So people know I’m a barbarian hero, of course.”
Rincewind leaned his back against the fetid walls of the snake pit and stared at the boy. He looked at two eyes like boiled grapes, a shock of ginger hair, and a face that was a battleground between its native freckles and the dreadful invading forces of acne.
Rincewind rather enjoyed times like this. They convinced him that he wasn’t mad because, if he was mad, that left no word at all to describe some of the people he met.
Barbarian hero,” he murmured.
“It’s all right, isn’t it? All this leather stuff was very expensive.”
“Yes, but, look—what’s your name, lad?”
“Nijel—”
“You see, Nijel—”
“Nijel the Destroyer,” Nijel added.
“You see, Nijel—”
“—the Destroyer—”
“All right, the Destroyer—” said Rincewind desperately.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“È alto e magro e ha il genere di barba cespugliosa che porta la gente che non sarebbe affatto tagliata per portare la barba. Indossa una tunica rosso scuro che ha visto giorni migliori, probabilmente decenni migliori. Si può però affermare che sia un mago perché possiede il cappello a punta con la falda floscia. Vi è stata ricamata sopra la parola "Maggo" in grosse lettere argentate, da qualcuno la cui abilità nel cucito era perfino peggiore dell'abilità ortografica. Ha una stella in cima che ha perso la maggiore parte dei suoi lustrini.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery