If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.

I'm fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain.

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari

Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?