The calendar of the Theocracy of Muntab counts down, not up. No-one knows why, but it might not be a good idea to hang around and find out.

Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.

You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.

If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.

It is a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole.