Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

You have reached the end of cake

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people.

It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.

If I had been Terry Pratchett the farmer, or Terry Pratchett the dentist, nobody would have paid any attention if I had announced I had Alzheimer's. But there is something fascinating about an author losing the power over words.