She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn't like some of the destinations.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.

Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them.

I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.