No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.

I'd like to sell a lot of books.

When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

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

I think that sick people in Ankh-Morpork generally go to a vet. It's generally a better bet. There's more pressure on a vet to get it right. People say "it was god's will" when granny dies, but they get angry when they lose a cow.

All things that are, are ours. But we must care. For if we do not care, we do not exist. If we do not exist, then there is nothing but blind oblivion. And even oblivion must end someday. Lord, will you grant me just a little time? For the proper balance of things. To return what was given. For the sake of prisoners and the flight of birds. Death took a step backwards. It was impossible to read expression in azrael's features. Death glanced sideways at the servants. Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the reaper man?