I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.

Haven't you got any romance in your soul?" said Magrat plaintively. "No," said Granny. "I ain't. And stars don't care what you wish, and magic don't make things better, and no one doesn't get burned who sticks their hand in a fire. If you want to amount to anything as a witch, Magrat Garlick, you got to learn three things. What's real, what's not real, and what's the difference.

Incidentally, it's best not to argue with the nursing staff. I find the best course of action is to throw some chocolates in one direction and hurry off in the other while their attention is distracted.

But then science is nothing but a series of questions that lead to more questions.

Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass.

Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic.

Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.