There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.

Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the real word for a group of witches is 'an argument'.

The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters.

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