Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die. Too often we learn the hard way. As soon as the baby boomers pass pensionable age, their lesson will be harsher still.

It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.

Haven't you got any romance in your soul?" said Magrat plaintively. "No," said Granny. "I ain't. And stars don't care what you wish, and magic don't make things better, and no one doesn't get burned who sticks their hand in a fire. If you want to amount to anything as a witch, Magrat Garlick, you got to learn three things. What's real, what's not real, and what's the difference.

People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.

The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.

There will be justice," said Brutha. "If there is no justice, there is nothing.