“Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying ‘Got rocks … Continue reading Men at Arms – Terry Pratchett
“In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.” – Terry Pratchett … Continue reading Lords and Ladies – Sir Terry Pratchett
“What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, … Continue reading Small Gods – Sir Terry Pratchett
“People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.” – Terry Pratchett Witches Abroad is the third instalment in the miniseries following Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat, a trio of witches from the … Continue reading Witches Abroad – Terry Pratchett
“…no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away… The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.” – Terry Pratchett Reaper Man is the next book in the … Continue reading Reaper Man – Terry Pratchett
“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out … Continue reading Moving Pictures – Terry Pratchett
“Multiple exclamation marks,’ he went on, shaking his head, ‘are a sure sign of a diseased mind.” – Rincewind Book number nine on the Discworld series is a book I haven’t yet read, so naturally I was excited setting out … Continue reading Eric – Terry Pratchett
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You’re wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people,but some of them are on opposite sides” – Lord Havelock … Continue reading Guards! Guards! – Terry Pratchett
“Tomorrow here is just like yesterday, warmed over” – Terry Pratchett While the last book on my Discworld revisit wasn’t one of my most favourites, the next novel certainly goes some way to redressing the situation. Pyramids takes place in … Continue reading Pyramids – Terry Pratchett
The problem when ambition turns to greed, and getting a bit too close to Shakespeare. Continue reading Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett
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