I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)

by Terry Pratchett

“After all, ye ken, what would be the point of lyin’ when you had nae done anything wrong?

The world was always very nearly drowning in mysterious omens. You just had to pick the one that was convenient.

Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated.”

You have to stand your ground, because it’s your ground.

because I fear, I will overcome that fear.

Poison is always welcome somewhere.”

“There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.

laughter helps things slide into the thinking.

It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going. And if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably going wrong.