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I never said nothing…””I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You’ve got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn’t dead!
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
I don’t hold with paddlin’ with the occult, ” said Granny firmly. “Once you start paddlin’ with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you’re believing in gods. And then you’re in trouble.””But all them things exist, ” said Nanny Ogg.”That’s no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages ’em.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like ared flag to a bu… was like putting something very annoying in front ofsomeone who was annoyed by it.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
What is magic?There is the wizard’s explanation… wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Bursar?””Yes, Archchancellor?””You ain’t a member of some secret society or somethin’, are you?””Me? No, Archchancellor.””Then it’d be a damn good idea to take your underpants off your head.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (Lit.: ‘Thing-ies’) or reality fragments. Currently research indicates that each reson is itself made up of a combination of at least five ‘flavours’, known as ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘sideways’, ‘sex appeal’ and ‘peppermint’.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it’d save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
This is a lovely party, ” said the Bursar to a chair, “I wish I was here.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
But all them things exist, ” said Nanny Ogg. “That’s no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages ’em.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
It wasn’t that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of thecat, although in this case there were three determinate states the catcould be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Nanny Ogg was an attractive lady, which is not the same as being beautiful. She fascinated Casanunda. She was an incredibly comfortable person to be around, partly because she had a mind so broad it could accommodate three football fields and a bowling alley.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
The elevator shaft was a kind of heat sink. Hot food was cold by the time it arrived. Cold food got colder. No one knew what would happen to ice cream, but it would probably involve some rewriting of the laws of thermodynamics.
— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
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