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

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

These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot is. You can't take character and plot apart from each other, really.

It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.

The English were notoriously unenthusiastic about burning witches. I suppose ours were too soggy.

Not all questions are answered, but fortunately some answers are questioned.