Wortschmuggler

“One of my ancestors fought in the War of the Roses“, she announced haughtily, without looking round, “and in those wars you were supposed to wear a red rose or a white rose to show whose side you were on, but he was very attached to a pink rose called Lady Lavinia, which we still grow in the Hall, actually, so he ended up fighting both sides at once. He lived, too, because everyone thought it was bad luck to kill a madman. That’s what you need to know about my family: We might be pigheaded and stupid, but we do fight”
― Terry Pratchett, Nation

“It was, according to the history books, the fastest coronation since Bubric the Saxon crowned himself with a very pointy crown on a hill during a thunderstorm, and reigned for one and a half seconds.”
― Terry Pratchett, Nation

“It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.”
― Terry Pratchett, Nation

“Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.”
― Terry Pratchett, Nation