Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass.

We sleepwalk through our lives, because how could we live if we were always this awake?

One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we'd had a good breakfast. And you don't get mugged, either.

That's the Ankh-Morpork instinct, Vimes thought. Run away, and then stop and see if anything interesting is going to happen to other people.

So much universe, and so little time.