Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!

Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.

In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?""What?""Oh, you'd like something simpler?

I get it, ' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?'If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth?

People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but expect dinner to turn up within the hour.

Mums are mums, lance-constable. They don't like to see men managing by themselves, in case that sort of thing catches on.

Oh, boy, " Jim said, giving an excited wiggle. "Cat fight! Wish I had some popcorn.

Writers are the ink of society

I base a deuteragonist on the best friend I never had. A lot of good ideas come from what I never had and cause my imagination to light up.

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes.

I'm all about nightlife. I live during the night.

Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

All the communions of a life-time are one communion.All the communions of all men now living are one communion.All the communions of all men, present, past and future, are one communion.

the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.