They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise.

He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk.

Neither claimed any responsibility for Milton Keynes, but both reported it as a success.

No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.

Their families cordially detested one another.

You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.