I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

Child. That was a terrible thing to say to anyone who was almost thirteen.

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-' The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie. If I know a pond is round then why should I draw it oval? I will draw it round because round is true. Why should my brush lie to you just because my eye lies to me?

Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.