It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.

Fresh wounds," said Angua. "But one of them did shoot one of the other in the leg by accident." "I think you'd better put in your report as -self inflicted- wounds while resisting arrest," said Vimes.

The point is that if a book that had been published three years ago started to sell twice as many all of a sudden it probably wouldn't even get no­ticed. People wouldn't be tracking it. The system has cleaned up its act an awful lot but the best-seller list system is not an entirely foolproof thing.

When in doubt, choose to live.

A true beanie should have a propellor on the top.

This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That’s why everything is exactly the wrong way around.