Terry Pratchett, Nation Quotes
Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime.
Reality so often fails when it comes to small, satisfying details, she thought.
Silence fell like a hammer made of feathers. It left holes in the shape of the sound of the sea.
...You want a special truth. *You* want the truth to be a truth that *you* like. You want it to be a pretty little truth that fits what you already believe!
I recall no arrangement, Mau, no bargain, covenant, agreement or promise. There is what happens, and what does not happen. There is no 'should