The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)

by Terry Pratchett

The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.

What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it?

“It’s odd,” said Peaches, “but we didn’t know the shadows were there until we had the light.”

Of course, humans were useful. They could open doors and provide fish. He groaned.

“If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.”

I’M SURPRISED AT YOU, MAURICE. OF COURSE THERE ARE NO CAT GODS. THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH LIKE . . . WORK.

A good plan isn’t one where someone wins, it’s where nobody thinks they’ve lost.

“Talk to the paw, mister, ’cos the whiskers don’t want to know!”

Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance if you want to stay ahead.