And when the Patrician was unhappy, he became very democratic. He found intricate and painful ways of spreading that unhappiness as far as possible.

When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang.

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.

Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits.

In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil *odegra* in the language of the Black Priesthood of Ancient Mu, and means 'Hail the Great Beast, Devourer of Worlds'.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

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