Terry Pratchett


Lots of people have written lots of things about Terry Pratchett (not least himself), so I'm not going to do that. This is my little page about me and Terry Pratchett. Not much to it, actually; my brother read his books, so I started too, and I guess that's about it. At the moment I really can't remember why I wanted to write this page, but I'll tell you if it comes back to me.

For the moment, most of the content consists of my collection of Pratchett quotations as well as a few Pratchett-related links:

Official Sites

Official Site Terminally under construction
Terry Pratchett Books Publisher's site

Fan(-run) Sites

L-Space
Ankh-Morpork deutschsprachiger Terry Pratchett Fanclub


Pratchett Quotations

Pratchett Quote File

The English were notoriously unenthusiastic about burning witches. I suppose ours were too soggy.

-- Terry Pratchett, on alt.fan.pratchett 12.08.1992

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things because. wow, then I could afford much *better* childish things!

-- Terry Pratchett, on alt.fan.pratchett 20.01.2001

I'm sorry, I thought you wanted the truth. Perhaps you were expecting jelly and ice cream?

-- Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

I've always thought that one of the major problems of being a king is the risk of your daughter getting a prick.

-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless, and terrible. But this much I can tell you, you ape -- we never burned and tortured and ripped each other apart and called it morality.

-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

[An acorn is] a tiny soundless voice which [says], yes, I am but a small, green, simple object--but I dream about forests."

-- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

There were times when you had to look wobbly facts in the face.

-- Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

It's a ship, even if it is a giant pumpkin, and it looks as though there's room for all of us.  Even if it is a bit of a squash.

-- Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

"Well, ---- me," [the thief] said. "A ----ing wizard. I hate ----ing wizards!"
"You shouldn't ---- them, then," muttered one of his henchmen.

-- Terry Pratchett, Mort

The trouble with you, Ibid, is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything.

-- Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

-- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

Spit or swallow, he thought, the eternal conundrum.

-- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

In this world, after everyone panics, there's always got to be someone to tip the wee out of the shoe.

-- Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time


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Last modified on December 15, 2001.