Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing.

Oh. I see. People don't want to see what can't possibly exist.

It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy.