Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Life calls the tune, we dance.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

Beginnings are always messy.

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir."Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.

One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.

Like blood out of a wound, a keening wail rose from the bottom of my heart and ripped through the graveyard. I lowered my face to Hadassah's shoulder and went quietly and thoroughly to pieces.

Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself.

Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.

Love is a state of being; it has nothing to do with anybody else. One is not in love, one is love.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.