Yes, sir, thank you, sir, and I wouldnโt trust me one little inch, sir. I knows a bad one when I sees them. I have a mirror.
Terry PratchettIf cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.
Terry PratchettHeโs bound to have done something,โ Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patricianโs view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, in general terms, justice was done.
Terry PratchettAnimals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
Terry Pratchett