It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink. Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett 'Don't think of it as dying,' said Death. 'Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.' Terry Pratchett leavingfunnythinking Priests were metal-reinforced overshoes. They saved your soles. This is an Assassin joke. Terry Pratchett metalsassassinspriests It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there. Terry Pratchett lyingpeoplethinking The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough to look strange because you have no teeth. It was enough to be called a witch. If it came to that, the book never gave you the evidence of anything. It talked about "a handsome prince"... was he really, or was it just because he was a prince that people called handsome? As for "a girl who was as beautiful as the day was long"... well, which day? In midwinter it hardly ever got light! The stories don't want you to think, they just wanted you to believe what you were told. Terry Pratchett girlbeautifulbook Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself. Terry Pratchett writingfunsex The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues. Terry Pratchett plotinspirelife The world is a globe — the farther you sail, the closer to home you are. Terry Pratchett homefunnytravel When in doubt, choose to live. Terry Pratchett when-in-doubtdoubt Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken? Terry Pratchett remembrancenamesmen In the end the problem isn't that you have the wrong sort of government for the People, but that you have the wrong sort of People. Terry Pratchett governmentproblempeople Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time. Terry Pratchett wineflowermean Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad. Terry Pratchett twistssnakesnice Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove. Terry Pratchett glitterfantasyglasses Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out. Terry Pratchett coaldiamondwaiting Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led. Terry Pratchett stupidanimalfunny They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first. Terry Pratchett oppositesmentwo If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail. Terry Pratchett upsetfavorsmean History, contrary to popular theories, is kings and dates and battles. Terry Pratchett battletheorykings There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world. Terry Pratchett storiessunworld You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. Terry Pratchett political-correctnessdinosaurssaid
