"Stuck? You're an *alien*," said Johnny. "Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact."
Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind
"Stuck? You're an *alien*," said Johnny. "Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact."
Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind
+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy, but they were listening in gibberish.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.”
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
But they were... sort of... bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.”
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
“No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
Simony's eyes gleamed with the gleam of a man who had seen the future and found it covered with armour plating.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
"Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off & giving decent girls away to frogs."
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
"You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. "
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
Mrs. Nugent was the Johnson's next door neighbour, and known to be unreasonable on subjects like Madonna played at full volume at 3 a.m.
Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead
- "My granny says that dying is like going to sleep," Mort added, a shade hopefully.
- I WOULDN'T KNOW. I HAVE DONE NEITHER.
Terry Pratchett, Mort
“I assure you I will not kill you,” said Inigo.
“I know that,” said Vimes. “But will you try?”
Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
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CONCORDE: It goes twice as fast as a bullet and you get smoked salmon.
From A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nomeby Angalo de Haberdasheri
Terry Pratchett, Wings
A bit of lore for Monstrous Regiment.
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"You're humming, Sam," said Sybil, after a while. "That means that something awful is going to happen to somebody."
"Wonderful thing, technology," said Vimes, buttering a slice of toast. "I can see it has its uses."
Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
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Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
It's an old magical principle -- it's even filtered down into RPG systems
-- that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' -- in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.
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