“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
“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
“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
The problem when ambition turns to greed, and getting a bit too close to Shakespeare. Continue reading Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett
Night spread across the Disc like plum jam, or possibly blackberry preserve. But there would be a morning. There would always be another morning. – Terry Pratchett The next book in my revisit of the epic Discworld series is Sourcery. … Continue reading Sourcery – Terry Pratchett
“YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE” “And what’s that?” “A SHARP EDGE.” – Death Pratchett’s fourth book in the Discworld series sees us focus on another core character in the books – Death. Death is, as he describes … Continue reading Mort – Terry Pratchett
“I just want to go home! I want to go back to where—’ a trace of moisture appeared in Rincewind’s eye—‘to where there’s cobbles under your feet and some of the beer isn’t too bad and you can get quite … Continue reading The Light Fantastic – Terry Pratchett
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