Terry Pratchett

Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#religion #business

Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#nationalism

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor

Bursar?" "Yes, Archchancellor?" "You ain't a member of some secret society or somethin', are you?" "Me? No, Archchancellor." "Then it'd be a damn good idea to take your underpants off your head. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#secret-society #underpants #humor

Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#obedience #obedience

The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god). ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#religion #humor

It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#apocalypse

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#life

No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humourous #death

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#friends #noble