These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people.

Imagination is only intelligence having fun. A healthy mind knows how to switch between worlds, and which one you need to eat and sleep in.

Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and, not least, his ridiculous accent that grew thicker or thinner depending on who he was talking to, did not look like a threat. He looked funny, a joke, a music-hall vampire. It had never previously occurred to Vimes that, just possibly, the joke was on other people.

Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.

If you try to to take my bananas from me, I will reclaim them from your cold dead hands.