The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)

by Terry Pratchett

Not a gentleman, thank goodness, but a gentle man.

the thing about screw-ups is you never know what size they’re going to be.”

My bum has been a bum for a very long time but I don’t have to listen to anything it says.’”

the ones that survived went on to survive again, because surviving is a matter of practice.

The news that they have nothing to fear is guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of innocents everywhere.

Didn’t you worry about the future?” “No.” “Why the hell not?” “It hasn’t happened yet.

you couldn’t hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that’d make the world, in a small way, a better place.