‘Terry Pratchett’ Sentence Starters
“Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.”
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it.”
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
“Style. That’s what people remember.”
“Sometimes it’s better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.”
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
“The trouble is, you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”
“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods… They have not forgotten this. ”
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you. ”
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do. ”
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ”
“It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.”
“What is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”
“Don’t think of it as dying, just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.”
“No! Please! I’ll tell you whatever you want to know!”
“The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.”
“Oh, you’d like something simpler?”
“And what would humans be without love?”
“Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility.”
“You have to start out learning to believe the little lies.”
“They’re not the same at all!”
“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever.”
“I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.”
“Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It’s the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star… You’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.”
“This isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.”
“Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?”
“Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?”
“Do you think it’s possible for an entire nation to be insane?”
“If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.”
“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
“When in doubt, choose to live.”
“Of course I’m sane, when trees start talking to me, I don’t talk back.”
“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”
“The secret is not to dream.. The secret is to wake up.”
“To save the world takes one cold son of a bitch.”
