I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.

All property is theft, except mine.

[...] the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks.

Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.

What's the orbital velocity of the moon?

People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.

The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency.