The conversation of human beings seldom interested him, but it crossed his mind that the males and females always got along best when neither actually listened fully to what the other one was saying.

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.

Within the beautiful struggle of a cocoon all butterflies are made.

In life, there is only one way to exist: To struggle!

I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.

We all dream of being successful. To be able to inspire a nation is unbelievable.

What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

The farther we go from God, the less we know of peace.