Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord.

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult, and I decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces that I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.

It's never a good idea to ask a man on a tight-rope how he keeps his balance: a) he would probably fall off and b) he probably doesn't know what the muscles are called in any case.

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.