People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.

This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good and gone to food heaven.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.

The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select.

Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?

It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.