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"It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."

"- They asked if they should untie you but I said you hadn't been getting enough rest lately, Carrot went on.
- Captain, my arms and legs have gone to sleep . . Vimes began.
- Oh, well done, sir! That's a start, at least."

"- Ah, Captain Jenkins! This is your lucky day!
The captain looked up from the rope he was coiling. No one likes being told it’s their lucky day. That sort of thing does not bode well. When someone tells you it’s your lucky day, something bad is about to happen."

"He had the look of a lawnmower just after the grass has organized a workers’ collective."

"- Are you telling us that Ankh-Morpork is bankrupt? said Downey.
- Of course. While, at the same time, full of rich people.

"Les caught Akhan’s eye. They exchanged a very brief glance which was nevertheless modulated with a considerable amount of information, beginning with the sheer galactic-sized embarrassment of having parents and working up from there."

”- War, Vimes, is a continuation of diplomacy by other means /.../”