Terry Pratchett Quotes

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works, most famous for his Discworld series.

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Alternative Names: Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett • Terence David John Pratchett • Sir Terry Pratchett • Sir Terence David John Pratchett

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A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

"Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.

She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

This book was written using 100% recycled words.