... a cartwheel rolled out of the smoke and away down the road. This always happens. (NW)
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Witches don't like to be seen running. It looks unprofessional. (WFM)
... he knew how to soothe, but he also knew when to twinkle and - more importantly perhaps - he also knew when not to twinkle. (JD)
The architecture was what is known professionally as 'vernacular', a word used in another field to mean 'swearing' and this was quite appropriate. (LC)
‘Glamour. Elves are beautiful. They’ve got,’ she spat the word, ‘style. Beauty. Grace. That’s what matters. If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty cruel little bastards they are.’ (LL)
'We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.' (UA)
When it comes to glittering objects, wizards have all the taste and self-control of a deranged magpie. (S)
The Rite of AshkEnte, quite simply, summons and binds Death. Students of the occult will be aware that it can be performed with a simple incantation, three small bits of wood and 4cc of mouse blood, but no wizard worth his pointy hat would dream of doing anything so unimpressive; they knew in their hearts that if a spell didn’t involve big yellow candles, lots of rare incense, circles drawn on the floor with eight different colours of chalk and a few cauldrons around the place then it simply wasn’t worth contemplating. (M)
'It’s not how you finish that matters,’ said Buddy. ‘It’s how you get there.' (SM)
Attractive men were not in plentiful supply in Lancre, where licking your hand and smoothing your hair down before taking a girl out was considered swanky. (CJ)
He looked evil in an interesting kind of way, like a pirate who really understood the words "Jolly Roger." (Ma)
There are the people of the day, and the creatures of the night.
And it’s important to remember that the creatures of the night aren’t simply the people of the day staying up late because they think that makes them cool and interesting. It takes a lot more than heavy mascara and a pale complexion to cross the divide. (SM) Everyone knew that stars were points of light. If they weren’t, some would be visibly bigger than others. Some were fainter than others, of course, but that was probably due to clouds. In any case their purpose, according to established Discworld law, was to lend a little style to the night. (SODW)
When you looked at Yo-less you might think he had possibilities. He was black. Technically. But he never said 'Yo', and only said 'check it out' in the supermarket, and the only person he ever called a mother was his mother. Yo-less said it was racial stereotyping to say all black kids acted like that but, however you looked at it, Yo-less had been born with a defective cool. Trainspotters were cooler than Yo-less. If you gave Yo-less a baseball cap he'd put it on the right way round. (JB)
' ...it’s not what you say, it’s the way you say it, isn’t it? Sooner or later it’s all about style.' (MM)
... the girl could flounce better than a fat turkey on a trampoline. (MM)
... true style comes from innate cunning and mendacity. You can’t buy it. (MM)
... Pucci Lavish swept in. Or, at least, tried to sweep. But a good sweep needs planning, and probably a rehearsal. You shouldn’t just go for it and hope. All you get is a lot of shoving. (MM)
... that was a bit too pat, but nature can be like that. Sometimes you got sunsets so pink that they had no style at all. (Th)
There was this about vampires: they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were…what was the word…deshabille.
It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style. (MR) There are the Brothers of Cool, a reserved and secretive sect which believes that only through ultimate coolness can the universe be comprehended, and that black works with everything, and that chrome will never truly go out of style. (TOT)
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select. (LL)
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