Eric: Discworld: The Unseen University Collection (Discworld series Book 9)

by Terry Pratchett

“It never worked. All he ever got was a neuralger.” “What’s that?” “It’s a demon that comes and has a headache at you.”

Trying for a succubus. Unsuccessfully, apparently, because... (see above.)

Demons have existed on the Discworld for at least as long as the gods, who in many ways they closely resemble. The difference is basically the same as that between terrorists and freedom fighters.

I run, therefore I am; more correctly, I run, therefore with any luck I’ll still be.

One of the problems of being a Tezuman, apart from having a god like Quezovercoatl, is that if you unexpectedly need to order an extra pint of milk tomorrow you probably should have started writing the note for the milkman last month. Tezumen are the only people who beat themselves to death with their own suicide notes.

The Tezumen, having taken a long hard look around their world and decided bluntly that things were just about as bad as they were ever going to get, had perfected the art of the plain-chant winge.