IT'S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather. "You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?" YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.

The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try to work how who was to blame.

There is always time for another last minute

OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?

Hello, inner child, I'm the inner babysitter!

HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)

Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them

Dullness. Only humans could have invented it. What imaginations they had.

YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

It's supposed to be jolly, with mistletoe and holly... and other things ending in olly.

The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

I could stand in the middle Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.

I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.

Maturity involves two elements: 1) immediate obedience in specific situations and 2) long-range character growth.

Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation . . .

It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth.

The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together