Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.
Terry PratchettDeath was standing behind a lectern, poring over a map. He looked at Mort as if he wasn’t entirely there. You haven't heard of the bayof mante, have you? He said. “No, sir,” said Mort. Famous shipwreck there. “Was there?” there will be, said Death, if I can find the damn place.
Terry PratchettIf there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry PratchettBelief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But it can create someone who can. People get exactly the wrong idea about belief. They think it works back to front. They think the sequence is, first object, then belief. In fact, it works the other way.
Terry Pratchett