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Terry Pratchett is very quotable. This page is under construction and mostly stolen from the Pratchett Quote File.

Novels

City Watch

Lancre Witches

Wizards

Death and Company

Tiffany Aching and The Wee Free Men

Moist von Lipwig

Other

Games

"As far as leaders go, the only reason I'd follow him into battle, is out of curiosity."

"A swamp dragon if i'm not mistaken. I though these things were filled with explosive gas, (the carcass explodes) oh right!

Rincewind Excuse me sir. Could you get me a tome called 'featherwinkle's concise compedium of dragons' lairs'?
Librarian ook ook eek ook.
(both engage in a conversation of ape talk)
Rincewind Well nevermind I'll come back later.
Librarian ook eek ook?
Rincewind Yes i've gibbon up. no monkey, ape ... oh damn! (the librarian hits him over the head)

"Ugh It's horrible... hang on it's me! rather chap ain't he?

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 [[Terry Pratchett]] is ''very'' quotable. This page is under construction and mostly stolen from the [http://www.lspace.org/ftp/words/pqf/pqf Pratchett Quote File].
+== Novels ==
-{{cleanup|Qutes from individual books should be moved to Quote subpages for those books. This is taking place as part of the overall cleanup of ''[[Discworld]]'' pages.}}
-== City Watch ==
+=== City Watch ===
 * [[Guards! Guards!/Quotes|''Guards! Guards!''/Quotes]]
 * [[Men at Arms/Quotes|''Men at Arms''/Quotes]]
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 * [[Snuff/Quotes|''Snuff''/Quotes]]
-== Lancre Witches ==
+=== Lancre Witches ===
-=== ''[[Equal Rites]]'' ===
+* [[Equal Rites/Quotes|''Equal Rites''/Quotes]]
-{{quote|If broomsticks were cars, this one would be a split-window Morris Minor.}}
-{{quote|"While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe."
-Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance."|Discworld scientists at work}}
-{{quote|They both savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things.|Discworld scientists at work}}
-{{quote|They may have been ugly. They may have been evil. But when it came to poetry in motion, [[Eldritch Abomination|the Things]] had all the grace and coordination of a deck-chair.}}
-{{quote|"They say there's dwarf mines under the Ramtops," she said inconsequentially. "My, but them little buggers is in for a surprise."|Granny reflects on Esk's methods of lighting a fire.}}
-{{quote|For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.}}
-=== The other ''Witches'' books ===
 * [[Wyrd Sisters/Quotes|''Wyrd Sisters''/Quotes]]
 * [[Witches Abroad/Quotes|''Witches Abroad''/Quotes]]
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 * [[Carpe Jugulum/Quotes|''Carpe Jugulum''/Quotes]]
-== Wizards ==
+=== Wizards ===
 * [[The Colour of Magic/Quotes|''The Colour of Magic''/Quotes]]
 * [[The Light Fantastic/Quotes|''The Light Fantastic''/Quotes]]
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 * [[The Last Continent/Quotes|''The Last Continent''/Quotes]]
-== {{smallcaps|Death}} and Company ==
+=== {{smallcaps|Death}} and Company ===
 * [[Mort/Quotes|''Mort''/Quotes]]
 * [[Reaper Man/Quotes|''Reaper Man''/Quotes]]
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 * [[Thief of Time/Quotes|''Thief of Time''/Quotes]]
-== Tiffany Aching and The Wee Free Men ==
+=== Tiffany Aching and The Wee Free Men ===
 * [[The Wee Free Men/Quotes|''The Wee Free Men''/Quotes]]
 * [[A Hat Full of Sky/Quotes|''A Hat Full of Sky''/Quotes]]
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 * [[The Shepherd's Crown/Quotes|''The Shepherd's Crown''/Quotes]]
-== Moist von Lipwig ==
+=== Moist von Lipwig ===
 * [[Going Postal (Discworld)/Quotes|''Going Postal'' (Discworld)/Quotes]]
 * [[Making Money/Quotes|''Making Money''/Quotes]]
 * [[Raising Steam/Quotes|''Raising Steam''/Quotes]]
-== Other ==
+=== Other ===
 * [[Pyramids/Quotes|''Pyramids''/Quotes]]
 * [[Moving Pictures/Quotes|''Moving Pictures''/Quotes]]