One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.
Terry PratchettHe found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best in the spring, when the gummy sheen on the turbid waters of the Ankh River had a special iridescence and the eaves were full of birdsong, or at least birds coughing rhythmically
Terry PratchettHeโsh mad?โ โSort of mad. But mad with lots of money.โ โAh, then he canโt be mad. Iโve been around; if a man hash lotsh of money heโsh just ecshentric.
Terry Pratchett