All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed.

No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.

It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.

Imagination is only intelligence having fun. A healthy mind knows how to switch between worlds, and which one you need to eat and sleep in.

Progress just means bad things happen faster.

Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]

You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.