No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.

THERE'S NO JUSTICE, said Mort. JUST US.

I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.

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.

My character - and for that matter my worst habits - could only be described by someone else. You can't open a box with the crowbar inside it.

They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker

One day I'll be dead and THEN you'll all be sorry.