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It's a sword. said the Hogfather. They're not meant to be safe.
Divide by cucumber error. Please reinstall universe and reboot.
It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.
Don't stick your nose where someone can pull it off and eat it.
See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.
Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.
Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out.
The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.
The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.
I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.
What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?
The oldest fan letter I've had is from someone aged eighty-five.
Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out.
Sometimes you had to take a look at yourself and then look away.
Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.
Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.
They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .
You have so many sources to draw on when you're a fantasy writer.
Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.
Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.
It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of
The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.
"Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged".
Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.
I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.
I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.
The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.
That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!
In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.
We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live.
Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.
I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.
Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.
The book is not completely written until someone else has read it.
The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.
Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.
People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.
Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.
The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.
Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.
Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving
A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good.
On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.