Education had been easy. Learning things had been harder.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

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

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

All I wanted to do, ever, was be myself.

When life gives you someone very special, you don’t have to dream anymore

Do one thing today to move yourself towards a big goal. Repeat tomorrow, and the next day. You'll be surprised at how fast you'll attain it!

I'm always ready and willing to just keep pushing and working and going because it's in my spirit.

"Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" asked Simon. "No," Jace said. "Sometimes he sits on the couch and does it."

Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.

Every viewpoint is a view from a point.

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.