No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Life doesn't happen in chapters - at least, not regular ones.

Not for the first time in the history of the universe, someone for whom communication normally came as effortlessly as a dream was stuck for inspiration when faced with a few lines on the back of a card.

Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right.

He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.

Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel!

Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.