Rachel C > Rachel's Quotes

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Can't we do anything about it?"
- "No!"
- "Then I can't see the sense in panicking", said Twoflower calmly”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

“So the fire and its subsequent flood, wich destroyed everything left that was not flammable and added a particularly noisome flux to the survivors'problems, did not mark its end. Rather it was a fiery punctuation mark, a coal-like comma, or salamander semicolon, in a continuing story.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

“Hrun the Barbarian, who was practilly an academic by Hub standards in that he could think without moving his lips.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.”
― Terry Pratchett

“The day had, in fact, reached that gentle point when it was too late for housebreaking and too early for burglary.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“Rincewind rather enjoyed times like this. They convinced him that he wasn’t mad because, if he was mad, that left no word at all to describe some of the people he met.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery