Alescar

“I’d heard that they were going to stop teaching cursive in schools, which was fine with me, because then all us old people would have a secret code.”
― Craig Johnson, Next to Last Stand

“Because the fact was that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, murder was not a commonplace occurrence in Ankh-Morpork. There were, it was true, assassinations. And as aforesaid there were many ways one could inadvertently commit suicide. And there were occasional domestic fracas on a Saturday night as people sought a cheaper alternative to divorce. There were all these things, but at least they had a reason, however unreasonable.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“The idiot actually leaned in. “I said, do you know who the fuck I am?” Henry peered at him and actually looked concerned. “Do you not know who you are?”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“He could lead armies, Angua thought. He really could. Some people have inspired whole countries to great deeds because of the power of their vision. And so could he. Not because he dreams about marching hordes, or world domination, or an empire of a thousand years. Just because he thinks that everyone’s really decent underneath and would get along just fine if only they made the effort, and he believes that so strongly it burns like a flame which is bigger than he is. He’s got a dream and we’re all part of it, so that it shapes the world around him. And the weird thing is that no one wants to disappoint him. It’d be like kicking the biggest puppy in the universe. It’s a kind of magic.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms