Granny Weatherwax was firmly against fiction. Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought.

I think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.

When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically speaking - make a noise

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.

Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense in panicking," said Twoflower calmly.