… good people always hesitate. Stupid, stupid. (LU)
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... a group of witches wasn't a coven, it was a small war .... (SLF)
Cats spend a lot of time carefully eyeing one another. When they have to fight, that’s merely to rubber-stamp something that’s already been decided in their heads. (SLF)
In Granny Weatherwax’s worldview there was no place for second place. You won, or you were a loser. There was nothing wrong with being a loser except for the fact that, of course, you weren’t the winner. Nanny had always pursued the policy of being a good loser. People liked you when you almost won, and bought you drinks, (SLF)
“Where there’s a war there’s a Nac Mac Feegle.” (SC)
“We aren’t the kind of people who kill those who are unarmed.”
Rob Anybody put up his hand. “Excuse me, mistress, but some of us do, or are.” (SC) No-one knows why smoking boots always remain, no matter how big the explosion. It seems to be just one of those things. (S)
… she made it clear that the only difference between Mort and a dead toad was the colour. (M)
… no one can outstare a witch, ‘cept a goat, of course. (ER)
Moleskin trousers sounded quaint unless you personally had to remove them from the original owner when the vicious little sod was cornered in his burrow. (LF)
An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it
ran, he is tired of life. (LF) Nowhere outside a trades union conference fraternal benefit night can so much mutual distrust and suspicion be found as among a gathering of senior enchanters. (LF)
'Would you like to die now, or surrender first?' (COM)
Rincewind looked down at him and grinned slowly. It was a wide, manic and utterly humourless rictus. It was the sort of grin that is normally accompanied by small riverside birds wandering in and out, picking scraps out of the teeth. (COM)
‘If this doesn’t win, I’ll eat my hat,’ said Sir Henry, who was wearing a straw hat just in case. (DCC)
‘Morning,’ it said.
Now this placed our heroes in a bit of a quandary, as you can see. You can’t go off and kill something that’s just said good morning to you. (DCC) … a librarian must be prepared for any eventuality, including terrorists. When in doubt strike first, making certain no valuable volumes are harmed …. (JD)
Need exerted a necessary pressure on humanity: you had to be hungry to innovate, and you needed to be surrounded by competitors to be driven to achieve. (LW)
And then the King was running towards the flames, adopting the traditional dwarf strategy of running at the enemy with as much weaponry as you could swing. (RS).
... trying to fight while a busy goblin was in your underwear was very bad for the concentration. (RS)
"Two dwarfs is an argument, three dwarfs is a war." (RS)
For according to the trollish philosopher Plateau, ‘if you want to understan’ an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he’s still you enemy, at least you’re a mile away and he’s got no shoes.’ (BOS)
The traditional enmity between dwarfs and trolls has been explained away by one simple statement: one species is made of rock, the other is made of miners. But in truth the enmity is there because no one can remember when it wasn’t, and so it continues because everything is done in completely justifiable revenge for the revenge that was taken in response to the revenge for the vengeance that was taken earlier, and so on. Humans never do this sort of thing, much. (BOS)
‘… when the kings and queens and knights and rooks find it difficult to move, the pawn may win the game.’ (Do)
People thought that a ragged face was a sign of a professional boxer, but it wasn’t – it was a sign of an amateur boxer. Good boxers liked to be pretty; it put the contenders off their guard. (Do)
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