Money doesn't buy happiness, Gytha." "I only wanted to rent it for a few weeks!

The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.

You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.

If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.

One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.

Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible, of course. That was the trick, all right. There was also the curious incident of the orangutan in the night-time.