Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.'

The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time.

People are bound to get excited when they see a ten-million-ton starship trying to fly down the street.

There will be justice," said Brutha. "If there is no justice, there is nothing.

We're on a mission from Glod.

It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.