Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
For wolves and pigs and bears, thinking that they’re human is a tragedy. For a cat, it’s an experience.
(Witches Abroad)
Oh, you know how it is with wizards. Half an hour afterwards you could do with another one, the dragon grumbles.
(The Colour of Magic)
‘I shall deal with the matter momentarily,’ he said. It was a good word. It always made people hesitate. They were never quite sure whether he meant he’d deal with it now, or just deal with it briefly. And no-one ever dared ask.
(Guards Guards)
@zipkid @iju @maxleibman 100% agree. The 'problem' is that I have all books in English and my three year old just has enough with catalan and Spanish xD
Oh well! I will have to buy them in catalan/Spanish as well!! ^_^
It’s a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they’ll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that look bigger the further away it is.
(Witches Abroad)
The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.
(Witches Abroad)
‘The old king told me once that the gods gave people a sense of humour to make up for giving them sex. I think he was a bit upset at the time.’
(Pyramids)
Other people would probably say: I wasn't myself. But Granny Weatherwax didn't have anyone else to be. (Lords and Ladies)
“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
(Good Omens)