‘Nothing happened for a whole day. Then, in a little hollow on the edge of the brooding hill, a few grains of sand shifted and left a tiny hole. Something emerged. Something invisible. Something joyful and selfish and marvelous. Something as intangible as an idea, which is exactly what it was. A wild idea.’
‘ALL MY WORK IS IMPORTANT, said Death. (…) THE REASON WHY YOU SUMMONED ME. THE ANSWER IS: IT IS RINCEWIND. ‘But we haven’t asked you the question yet!” NEVERTHELESS. THE ANSWER IS : IT IS RINCEWIND.’ Lees verder
‘Dearest Mother [Carrot wrote] (…) I do not understand some of the Watch duties. I have a partner, his name is Nobby. He says I am too keen. He says I have got a lot to learn.’
‘For example, he knew his father made the sun come up and the river flood and so on. That was basic, it was what the pharaohs had done ever since the time of Khuft, you couldn’t go around questioning things like that.’
‘Every wizard is trying to dislodge the wizards above him while stamping on the fingers of those below; to say that wizards are healthily competitive by nature is like saying that piranhas are naturally a little peckish.’
