That's the Ankh-Morpork instinct, Vimes thought. Run away, and then stop and see if anything interesting is going to happen to other people.

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.

But what's worth more than gold?" "Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?

Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.

Maybe the best comics are written by people who really are at ease in the comic world.

People's whole lives do pass in front of their eye before they die. The process is called "Living".

Some people believe that when you die, you cross the River of Death and have to pay the ferryman. People don’t seem to worry about that these days. Perhaps there’s a bridge now.