A push-and-go wooden duck on wheels can cause quite a lot of damage if wielded with enough force. Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her. Terry Pratchett witchsoulforests History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time. Terry Pratchett trickslonghistory Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had grown used to things like effects following things like causes. Terry Pratchett newsmagicspace My programming language was solder. Terry Pratchett programming-languagesprogramminglanguage No, I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the middle of the night in my sleep! Besides, I am a millionaire. Terry Pratchett sleepnightmemories Wikipedia, eh? Must be accurate then. Terry Pratchett wikipediaaccurate I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly. Terry Pratchett too-muchwonderfriendly While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the writer as well. Terry Pratchett worthwhileviewsbook It's amazing how fast gold works. Terry Pratchett gold Perhaps, if you knew you were going to die, your senses crammed in as much detail as they could while they still had the chance. Terry Pratchett detailsstillschance Ritual and ceremony in their due times kept the world under the sky and the stars in their courses. It was astonishing what ritual and ceremony could do. Terry Pratchett starsskyworld The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked. Terry Pratchett multiversepassingspassing The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight. Terry Pratchett sightheartbelieve It's tough at the top. It's tough at the bottom. But in between you could use them for horse-shoes. Terry Pratchett horsesuccesshappiness I have a living will and I have friends, and I have money and I have hope. Terry Pratchett having-hope No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler? Terry Pratchett moonwantmen What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head. Terry Pratchett philosophervoicejobs No matter what she did with her hair it took about three minutes for it to tangle itself up again, like a garden hosepipe in a shed [Which, no matter how carefully coiled, will always uncoil overnight and tie the lawnmower to the bicycles]. Terry Pratchett gardentieshair … people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood. Terry Pratchett colorbloodpeople Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house. Terry Pratchett blessinghousepeople
