He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting All the Gods are bastards.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Terry Pratchett Quotes

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...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

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...

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much...

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

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...

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

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

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

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...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves...

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves...