“Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they're there, they know they're there for a purpose, they'd probably agree that they have a place in a well-organised universe, but they wouldn't see the point of believing, of going around saying "O great table, without whom we are as naught." Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe in them or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business and, as it were, eat off your knees.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.”
― Night Watch
― Night Watch
“The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
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