Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:34:50 -0700WeeblySat, 18 Mar 2023 10:35:07 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/philosophy-terry-pratchett-quote1163324… the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, ‘Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it’s all true you’ll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn’t then you’ve lost nothing, right?’ When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks and one of them said, ‘We’re going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts …’ (H)
]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:08:31 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/conflict-terry-pratchett-quote4078564​‘... even elves has soft parts that don’t like no boot in ‘em.’ (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:06:29 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/ability-terry-pratchett-quote8174479​‘Our skills, you will find, could be our jailers.’ (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:04:19 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/friendship-terry-pratchett-quote2401943​‘... it’s always useful to be friends with any witch.’ She smiled sweetly and added, ‘I’m feeling friendly at the moment ... but I might not later.’ (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:03:00 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/nac-mac-feegle-terry-pratchett-quote9499387​It was a brave man indeed who could look upon a clan of Feegles and not want to tie the bottoms of his trousers together. (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:00:59 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/elves-terry-pratchett-quoteThe allegiance of elves is spiderweb thin and the currency of Fairyland is glamour. (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:59:18 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/secrecy-terry-pratchett-quote1428474​Any man with sense was wise to be fearful of a wife’s best friends. For who knew what ... little secrets might be shared. (SC)
]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:50:04 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/witches-terry-pratchett-quote9754658​‘I’m on the sharp end of witchcraft, which means doing what should be done as best you can. It’s all about the people, Mrs. Earwig, not about the books.’ (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:48:46 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/sensible-terry-pratchett-quote6745704​...to be a witch you needed to be sensible, so sensible that sometimes it hurt. You dealt with the reality - not what people wanted. (SC)]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:47:16 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/power-terry-pratchett-quote7416884​‘... I know many people of power, people who have so much power that they don’t have to use it.’ (SC)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:43:40 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/humour-terry-pratchett-quote6458556... laughter helps things slide into thinking. (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:42:14 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/change-terry-pratchett-quote6617226‘... I dearly wished I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:40:19 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/human-behaviour-terry-pratchett-quote1986131... people aren’t just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances. (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:36:43 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/suffering-terry-pratchett-quote4949535‘... strictly speaking, topiary is not actually illegal, although I rather suspect that one or two folk are going to be the first up against the hedge when the revolution comes.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:34:53 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/etiquette-terry-pratchett-quote3878348‘Oh dear me, where are my manners? I know, I never had any to start with.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:32:47 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/witches-terry-pratchett-quote8095880‘Don’t meddle in the affairs of witches because they clout you around the ear.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:37:25 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/nac-mac-feegle-terry-pratchett-quote7957950‘Once a man gets a Feegle up his troosers, his time of trial and tribulation is only just beginning.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:34:28 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/october-29th-20188158058‘... maybe it’s wrong to base one’s future on a book of fairy stories.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:21:05 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/witches-terry-pratchett-quote2578107... witches grew old inside. (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:17:31 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/self-assertion-terry-pratchett-quote3525178You have to stand your ground because it’s your ground. (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:12:53 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/october-29th-20181462955‘Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:11:30 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/history-terry-pratchett-quote3280214... the past is a very big place... (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:10:03 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/decisions-terry-pratchett-quote3105107... the world is full of omens, and you picked the ones you liked. (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:08:13 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/happiness-terry-pratchett-quote6183054‘... I’m in the mood for a good mood.’ (ISWM)
]]>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:05:03 GMThttp://www.chrisjoneswriting.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/october-29th-2018‘... the more ye have of the booze, you ken ye want to have even more of the booze, until ye falls over, which is when ye know ye’ve had enough of the booze.’ (ISWM)

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