Death was standing behind a lectern, poring over a map. He looked at Mort as if he wasnโt entirely there. You haven't heard of the bayof mante, have you? He said. โNo, sir,โ said Mort. Famous shipwreck there. โWas there?โ there will be, said Death, if I can find the damn place.
Terry PratchettYou did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, โBut weโve always done it this way.โ A million dead people canโt have been wrong, can they?
Terry PratchettThe disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and set out for the antipodes soon learned that the reason why distant ships sometimes looked as though they were disappearing over the edge of the world was that they were disappearing over the edge of the world.
Terry Pratchett