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

But ye gotta know where ye're just gonna rush in. Ye cannae just rush in anywhere. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight awa'.

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.

It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.

His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.

I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!

The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.