Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

Some shadows are so long, they arrive before the light.

Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human.

Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.

The reaper does not listen to the harvest.

It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers