And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitatied for a moment, and then: We look to ... the edges, said Mistress Weatherwax. There's a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next, night and day, right and wrong ... an' they need watchin'. We watch 'em, we guard the sum of things. And we never ask for any reward. That's important.
Terry PratchettThey were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking after the large vivarium where they happily passed their days was given to first-year students, on the basis that if they got things wrong there wouldn't be too much education wasted.
Terry PratchettSome people are confident because they are fools. Leonard had the look of someone who was confident because, so far, he'd never found a reason not to be.
Terry PratchettSoon to come in licorice, orange, cinnamon, and banana, but not strawberry, because I hate strawberries.
Terry PratchettOr -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.
Terry Pratchett