Conina quotes

'Quick, you must come with me,’ she said. ‘You’re in great danger!’
‘Why?’
‘Because I will kill you if you don’t.'  (S)

‘You’re safe now.’
‘What, you mean I’m all alone with a female homicidal maniac?’ said Rincewind. ‘Fine.’ (S)

He opened his eyes. The girl was wearing a demure white lace dress with fetching puffed sleeves. He opened his mouth.  He realised with absolute clarity that up until now the trouble he had been in was simple, modest and nothing he couldn’t talk his way out of given a decent chance or, failing that, a running start. (S)

'Rincewind, I’ve known you for an hour and I’m astonished you’ve lived even that long!’
‘Yes, but I have, haven’t I? I’ve got a sort of talent for it. Ask anyone. I’m an addict.’
‘Addicted to what?’
‘Life. I got hooked on it at an early age and I don’t want to give it up...'  (S)

'I'm not going to ride on a magic carpet!’ he hissed. ‘I’m afraid of grounds!’
‘You mean heights,’ said Conina. ‘And stop being silly.’
‘I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you.'  (S)

'My father always said that death is but a sleep,’ said Conina.
‘Yes, the hat told me that,’ said Rincewind, as they turned down a narrow, crowded street between white adobe walls.  
‘But the way I see it, it’s a lot harder to get up in the morning.'  (S)