A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? I make no suggestion that one side or other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.

… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.

I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.

It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of the elderly, lending a new terror to old age and, given Ankh-Morpork's crime rate, leading to at least one old lady having her front room wallpapered so many times in six months that now she could only get in sideways.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.