Torkel

“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.”
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

“You can't be loony and rich. You've got to be eccentric if you're rich.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation