The Wee Free Men Quotes

“Let's gae,' said Rob Anybody, down below. 'An' don't worry about yon
pussycat scraffin' the wee burdies. Some of the lads is stayin' behind to
mind things!'
Ratbag crept along a branch. He wasn't a cat who was good at changing the
ways he thought. But he was good at finding nests. He'd heard the
cheeping from the other end of the garden and even from the bottom of the
tree he'd been able to see three little yellow beaks in the nest. Now he
advanced, dribbling. Nearly there . . .
Three Nac Mac Feegles pulled off their straw beaks and grinned happily at
him.
'Hello, Mister Pussycat,' said one of them. 'Ye dinnae learn, do ye?
CHEEP!”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“There's always been someone watching the borders. They didn't decide to. It was decided for them. Someone has to care. Sometimes, they have to fight. Someone has to speak for that which has no voice...

[...]

This ... creature was trying to take her world.

All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany's Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!

I have a duty!”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men