A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.

Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?

Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time.

... a metaphor ... is like lying but more decorative.

But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it morality.

Might have just been an innocent bystander, sir, ’ said Carrot‘What, in Ankh-Morpork?’‘Yes, sir.’‘We should have grabbed him, then, just for the rarity value

All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional.

You're saying, ' he said, weighing each word, 'that we should send Carrot away to be a duck among humans because Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle.

Gender empowerment doesn't mean discrimination, It only means equality.

When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open.

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see.

You could also say that a precious brand often has rituals associated with it. They reinforce the specialness of the brand. And of course the brand owner can help ensure those rituals are created.

It's not my cause in life to be filthy rich. Being comfortable is enough.

You can stroke people with words.

We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt and remorse.

When you're old you feast on your memories, and if you spend too much time on exercise, you may get old and not have many.

America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.