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…

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Meaning Quotes, Words Quotes

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is...

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is...

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is...

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...