Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be

The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by this don't realize that this power is really coming from within.

Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.

When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry.

Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir. They teach facts, not understanding. It's like teaching people about forests by showing them a saw. I want a proper school, sir, to teach reading and writing, and most of all thinking, sir, so people can find what they're good at, because someone doing what they really like is always an asset to any country, and too often people never find out until it's too late.

The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.