Nanny Ogg changed the way people thought, even if it was only for a few minutes. She left people thinking they were slightly better people. They weren’t, but as Nanny said, it gave them something to live up to. (W)
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When we break down, it all breaks down. (NW)
Everyone was guilty of something. Vimes knew that. Every copper knew that. That was how you maintained your authority... (NW)
'Part of us thinks all kinds of things...' (TOT)
'Did I say "thank you?"'
'No, you did not.' 'Oh, dear.' 'No, you noticed that you didn't, so zat is okay,' said Otto. (TT) ... to the kind of men who seek power, gratitude has very poor keeping qualities. (TT)
'Learning to face the shadows outside helps us fight the shadows inside.' (AM)
'Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.' (CJ)
You had to choose. You might be right, you might be wrong but you had to choose. Knowing that the rightness or wrongness might never be clear or even that you were deciding between two sorts of wrong, that there was no right anywhere. And always, always you did it by yourself. You were the one there, on the edge, watching and listening. (CJ)
The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed. (CJ)
'I can't start repenting at my time of life. I'd never get any work done. Anyway,' she added, 'I ain't sorry for most of it.' (CJ)
'You know what he is! Why not kill-? he began, but he was interrupted.
'Because it doesn't matter what he is. It matters what we are.' (CP) And they acted like savages*.
* Again, when people like Mrs Whitlow use this term they are not, for some inexplicable reason, trying to suggest that the subjects have a rich oral tradition, a complex system of tribal rights and a deep respect for the spirits of their ancestors. They are implying the kind of behaviour more generally associated, oddly enough, with people wearing a full suit of clothes, often with the same insignia. (LC) '... if you do know Right from Wrong you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live.' (Ma)
'And Dangerous Beans says there's things we should do 'cos they're right, well who works out what's right?' (AM)
“We’re witches, Tiffany. We has the power for a reason. We just ‘as to make sure as it’s the right reason …” (SC)
‘Always thought I’d be the first to go, what with my drinkin’ and suchlike, especially the suchlike. I’ve done a lot o’ that.’ In fact, Nanny Ogg had done a great deal of everything, and was commonly held to be so broadminded that you could pull her mind out through her ears and tie a hat on it. (SC)
Om was handily silent, thereby enabling his priests to interpret his wishes how they chose. Amazingly, Om’s wishes rarely translated into instructions like “Feed the poor” or “Help the elderly” but more along the lines of “You need a splendid residence” to “Why not have seven courses for dinner?” (SC)
'I'm good at putting rumours, suspicions and instinct together and getting the right result, because I'm a scoundrel.' (RS)
… the smug face of virtue triumphant could almost be as horrible as wickedness revealed. (BOS)
‘I thought you told me a dimocracy was where people did what they wanted to do,’ she said.
‘It’s a democracy,’ I said. ‘And it’s fine for people to do what they want to do, provided they do what’s right.’ (BOS) ‘The whole place is so decent, level-headed and likeable it can make you scream, and then curse yourself for screaming.’ (LE)
‘… while you are a scallywag, you are the right kind of scallywag …’ (Do)
… there were two ways of looking at the world, but only one when you were starving. (Do)
‘All of us hope for a little redemption, whether we deserve it or not.’ (Sn)
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