It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beer mug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy a refreshing drink which she almost certainly was not going to pay for.

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, "If wet, in the library." Who could say that this is bad?

People's whole lives do pass in front of their eye before they die. The process is called "Living".

You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire.