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

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.

Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.'

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.