And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.

I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.

Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.

The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect

Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.