Discworld based Starter sentences
“That’s what’s so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins appear in your bedroom, and then you’re so poisoned by quicksilver fumes and half-blind from reading old grimoires that you can’t remember what happens next.”
“The only reason for walking into the jaws of Death is so’s you can steal his gold teeth.”
“Don’t ask me how I knew—I suppose it was because it was just about the worst possible thing that was likely to happen.”
“Of course I’m sane, when trees start talking to me, I don’t talk back.”
“Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”
“Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It’s the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
“Today is a good day for someone else to die!”
“One of the advantages of horses that people sometimes point out, is that they very seldom explode. Almost never, in my experience, apart from that unfortunate occurence in the hot summer a few years ago.”
“One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”
“All bastards are bastards, but some bastards are /bastards/.”
"We might find out why mankind is here, although that is more complicated and begs the question "Where else should we be?”“
"Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn’t always beat actual thought.”
“Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they’re allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.”
“Questions don’t have to make sense. But answers do.”
“I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.”
“Listen, trickery is what humans are all about, They’re so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.”
“Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.”
“Yes, but my father said that free advice often turns out to be expensive.”
“He’s dead. However, credit where it’s due, he hasn’t let that stop him.”
“I want to eat chocolates in a great big room where the world is a different place.”
“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
“Students, eh? Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you’re not allowed to hit ‘em with a shovel.”
“Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don’t usually come running when they hear a scream. That’s not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, ‘Did you hear a scream?’ because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring.”
“Peace?…. Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.”
“I am very attached to my fingers and I like to think of them as attached to me.”