Just to keep bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.

The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note to have one if ever the occasion presented itsel

I don't read an awful lot of fiction and when I do, it tends to be lightweight stuff.

Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what their wives say. And the listening is important, because at any time they could be challenged and must be ready to quote the last sentence in full. A vital additional skill is being able to scan the dialogue for telltale phrases such as "and they can deliver it tomorrow" or "so I've invited them for dinner?" or "they can do it in blue, really quite cheaply.

Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.

Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense in panicking," said Twoflower calmly.