It takes a long time for anything to happen inside the head of an ox, but, when it does, it happens extensively. (NW)
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'You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.' (AM)
... there is something hugely unlovable about sheep, a kind of mad, eye-rolling brainlessness smelling of damp wool and panic. Many religions extol the virtues of the meek, but Rincewind had never trusted them. The meek could turn very nasty at times. (LC)
... the problem with bandaging an orangutan's head is knowing when to stop. (LH)
'One of the advantages of horses that people often point out,' said Vetinari, after some thought, 'is that they very seldom explode.' (J)
… on the whole, there are worse places to be buried than inside a lion. (SG)
They were sheep, possibly the most stupid animal in the universe with the possible exception of the duck. (SG)
Hanging around is another thing tortoises are very good at. They’re practically world champions. (SG)
To the rest of the world he was an enormous tomcat, a parcel of incredible indestructible force in a skin that looked less like a fur than a piece of bread that had been left in a damp place for a fortnight. Strangers often took pity on him because his ears were non-existent and his face looked as though a bear had camped on it. (WA)
‘If Darwin were here I’d demand to know what theory of “natural selection” can possibly have produced something as ugly and useless as an oyster.’ (LU)
That's Nature for you in a nutshell. Always dealing off the bottom of the pack.
No wonder they called her a mother ... (GG) The Librarian rolled his eyes. It was strange, he felt, that so-called intelligent dogs, horses and dolphins never had any difficulty indicating to humans the vital news of the moment e.g., that the three children were lost in the cave, or the train was about to take the line leading to the bridge that had been washed away or similar, while he, only a handful of chromosomes away from wearing a vest, found it difficult to persuade the average human to come out in the rain. (GG)
... laws governing the animal kingdom did not apply to the Librarian. On the other hand, the Librarian himself was never very interested in obeying the laws governing the human kingdom, either. He was one of those little anomalies you have to build around. (GG)
It is a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole. (P)
Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something. (P)
… no one can outstare a witch, ‘cept a goat, of course. (ER)
‘Yes, but humans are more important than animals,’ said Brutha.
‘This is a point of view often expressed by humans,’ said Om. (SG) Even squirrels deserved their privacy, the dirty little devils. (BOS)
There is a phrase 'neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring.' This thing was all of them, plus some other bits of beast unknown to science or nightmare or even kebab. (UA)
... Ridcully the Brown did speak to the birds. In fact he shouted at birds, and what he normally shouted was ‘Winged you, yer bastard!' (MP)
A stuffed alligator is absolutely standard equipment in any properly-run magical establishment. This one looked as though it hadn’t enjoyed it much. (M)
'Witches have animals they can talk to, called familiars. Like your toad there.’
‘I’m not familiar,’ said a voice among the paper flowers. ‘I’m just slightly presumptuous.' (WFM) As a form of transport, the goose leaves a lot to be desired. (Wings)
This is a bit of the continent, sticking out into the warmer sea to the south-east. Most of its inhabitants call it Florida.
Actually, they don’t. Most of its inhabitants don’t call it anything. They don’t even know it exists. Most of them have six legs, and buzz. A lot of them have eight legs and spend a lot of time in webs waiting for six-legged inhabitants to arrive for lunch. Many of the rest have four legs, and bark or moo or even lie in swamps pretending to be logs. In fact, only a tiny proportion of the inhabitants of Florida have two legs, and even most of them don't call it Florida. They just go tweet, and fly around a lot. (Wings) Animals loose in a car are never a good idea. Goats are generally the worst, but until you realise there’s a tortoise stuck under your brake pedal you’ve never known the meaning of fear, and possibly not the meaning of ‘old age’ either. (UC)
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