Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.
Terry PratchettIf you kept changing the way people saw the world, you ended up changing the way you saw yourself.
Terry PratchettWere you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?" "Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.
Terry PratchettI don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.
Terry Pratchett…We were born vampires." "I thought you became –" "— vampires by being bitten? Dear me, no. Oh, we can turn people into vampires, it’s an easy technique, but what would be the point? When you eat… now what is it you eat? Oh yes, chocolate… you don’t want to turn it into another Agnes Nitt, do you? Less chocolate to go around." He sighed. "Oh dear, superstition, superstition everywhere we turn.
Terry Pratchett