There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to say, flabbergasted.
Terry PratchettVerence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.
Terry PratchettThe enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no-one has the right to be stupid.
Terry PratchettPeople who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.
Terry PratchettDwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!
Terry Pratchett