The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now before it runs away and becomes the then. Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands. Terry Pratchett mind hands people The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind. Terry Pratchett hippo mind water I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you're believing in gods. And then you're in trouble." "But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg. "That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em. Terry Pratchett nannies ems believe Legends don't have to make sense. They just have to be beautiful. Or at least interesting. Terry Pratchett legends beautiful interesting The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. Terry Pratchett mysterious voice book Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits. Terry Pratchett fit this-world world OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR? Terry Pratchett stockings noise said Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat Terry Pratchett throat carpe-diem mean Magic never dies. It merely fades away. Terry Pratchett fades magic dies Granny Weatherwax, who had walked nightly without fear in the bandit-haunted forests of the mountains all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness held nothing more terrible than she was. Terry Pratchett mountain darkness forests If you kept changing the way people saw the world, you ended up changing the way you saw yourself. Terry Pratchett people way world Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture. Terry Pratchett temples architecture mean No one remembers the singer. The song remains. Terry Pratchett singers song remember I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of them is going to be just that bit too steep. But you go on doing it, because it’s so-o good when you breathe the air up there. And you know you'll die falling. Terry Pratchett one-day air fall There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise. Terry Pratchett zero noise numbers Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist. Terry Pratchett backwards horse walks Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid. Terry Pratchett assassins code certain Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot. Terry Pratchett discworld creator men Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight. Terry Pratchett eyesight quiet children I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that. Terry Pratchett drinking beer thinking
