You are in favour of the common people?โ said Dragon mildly. The common people?โ said Vimes. โTheyโre nothing special. Theyโre no different from the rich and powerful except theyโve got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose Iโve got to be on their side.
Terry PratchettVeil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a sudden crash of thunder,' said Otto. 'And if I vas to point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is . . . zer castle" a volf would be bound to howl mournfully.' He sighed. 'In zer old country, zer scenery is psychotropic and knows vot is expected of it. Here, alas, people just look at you in a funny vay.
Terry PratchettBut in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual terrible things to him.
Terry PratchettAnd all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.
Terry Pratchett