As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.

Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening. Excursions', said Magrat patienly. Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said. Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.

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.

It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.

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

Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.