He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that frighten the enemy....When a well-trained gonnagle starts to recite, the enemy's ears explode.

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing.

Oh, there's plenty of reasons. I just don't know which one.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Who knows what the future holds.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.

The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember.