He stared at his feet. “I’m still very ignorant,” he said, “but at least I’m ignorant about really important things.

When much is taken, something is returned.

Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.

I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.

A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere.

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.