The Wee Free Men Quotes

“...and then like someone rising from the clouds of a sleep, she felt the deep, deep Time below her.... She felt as if huge wheels, of time and stars, were turning slowly around her.
She opened her eyes and then, somewhere inside, opened her eyes again.
She heard grass growing, and the sound of worms below the turf. She could feel the thousands of little lives around her, smell all the scents on the breeze, and see all the shades of the night.
The wheels of stars and years, of space and time, locked into place. She knew exactly where she was, and who she was, and what she was.
'Now I know why I never cried for Granny,' she said. 'She has never left me.'
She leaned down, and centuries bent with her.
'The secret is not to dream,' she whispered. 'The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me anymore. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men: The Beginning (Discworld, #30 & #32)

“A unicorn is a big horse that comes to a point, really”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men: The Beginning (Discworld, #30 & #32)

“Стонът ехтеше над сечището, печален като цял месец все от понеделници.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men: The Beginning (Discworld, #30 & #32)

“Aye, fair enough, big wimmin is a' very well, but if a laddie was tae cuddle this one, he'd have tae leave a chalk mark to show where he left off yesterday.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men: The Beginning (Discworld, #30 & #32)

“La magia no deja de ser magia porque aprendas como se hace.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men: The Beginning (Discworld, #30 & #32)