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

People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.

You're allowed to grant people into the darkness, but you must allow them to come out again.

There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.

Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon of squabble.

Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?