On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.

And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!

There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.