But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it morality.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.

Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?

Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time.

... a metaphor ... is like lying but more decorative.

Might have just been an innocent bystander, sir, ’ said Carrot‘What, in Ankh-Morpork?’‘Yes, sir.’‘We should have grabbed him, then, just for the rarity value

All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional.

You're saying, ' he said, weighing each word, 'that we should send Carrot away to be a duck among humans because Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle.

God is the reason I’m surviving, but he’s sure used you in my life wonderfully. I love you.

The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby.

My name is "A Pimp named Slickback" Wait... A Pimp?? ... Named Slickback. Yes, please say the whole thing if you would. Yes, that includs the "A Pimp Named" part. Yes Tom, everytime.

I'm taking my talents to South Beach.

Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The knuckler rescued me then.