It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

I was just a kid then. But I won't forget. Nor will others. There's lots of people with reason to hate the Church.

Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?

Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord.

A Duke couldn't have the arse hanging out of his trousers when meeting foreign diplomats. Actually even plain old Sam Vimes never had the arse hanging out of his trousers, either, but no one would have actually started a war if he had.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French like them.