My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.

It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that it had generated harmonics of fear all the way along his lifeline.

If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and they pass on what they learn to their children.

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.

It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.

When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.