I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.
I think that sick people in Ankh-Morpork generally go to a vet. It's generally a better bet. There's more pressure on a vet to get it right. People say "it was god's will" when granny dies, but they get angry when they lose a cow.
People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.
No one remembers the singer. The song remains.
They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise.
... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.