#pratchett quotes

[zakalwe-the-ninth]

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

Terry Pratchett (alt.fan.pratchett)

[helenvader]

‘Hmm?’ said Vetinari. William had thought that Vimes had a blank look, but he’d been wreathed in smiles compared to his lordship when Lord Vetinari wanted to look blank.

Terry Pratchett: The Truth

[helenvader]

What's there not to love about this man? 🤣

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Vetinari riffled through the papers again. ‘Workshop owners, assassins, priests, butchers … you seem to have infuriated most of the leading figures in the city.’ He sighed. ‘Really, it seems I have no choice. As of this week, I’m giving you a pay rise.’

--Feet of Clay

[thequotablescollector]

"And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned, and all the giant's children didn't have a daddy anymore. But he got away with it and lived happily ever after, without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done...which proves that you can be excused for just about anything if you are a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions." – Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

[thequotablescollector]

"THIS IS WRONG. Death hesitated. I MEAN…IT’S RIGHT TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU’VE GOT. BUT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT HAVING. THERE’S NO POINT IN BEING HAPPY ABOUT HAVING NOTHING." – Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

[helenvader]

Another Jingo quote.

‘Why are our people going out there?’ said Mr Boggis of the Thieves’ Guild.

‘Because they are showing a brisk pioneering spirit and seeking wealth and … additional wealth in a new land,’ said Lord Vetinari.

‘What’s in it for the Klatchians?’ said Lord Downey.

‘Oh, they’ve gone out there because they are a bunch of unprincipled opportunists always ready to grab something for nothing,’ said Lord Vetinari.

‘A masterly summation, if I may say so, my lord,’ said Mr Burleigh, who felt he had some ground to make up.

The Patrician looked down again at his notes. ‘Oh, I do beg your pardon,’ he said, ‘I seem to have read those last two sentences in the wrong order … Mr Slant, I believe you have something to say here?’

[helenvader]

I have re-read the handcuffs-and-shackles scene from Jingo, and continued to the end of the book, and I just can't with Vetinari. He has so many good lines in this book.

"Putting up a statue to someone who tried to stop a war is not very, um, statuesque. Of course, if you had butchered five hundred of your own men out of arrogant carelessness, we’d be melting the bronze already."

[thequotablescollector]

"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom." – Terry Pratchett