What’s this here,” he said suspiciously, “about us got to give you faggots?” Oh, we have to have them,” said Newt, “We burn them.” Say what?” We burn them.” The guard’s face broadened into a grin. And they’d told him England was soft. “Right on!” he said

Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.

Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

No matter what she did with her hair it took about three minutes for it to tangle itself up again, like a garden hosepipe in a shed [Which, no matter how carefully coiled, will always uncoil overnight and tie the lawnmower to the bicycles].

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.

Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.