Discworld Quotes
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Behold A'Tun, the World Turtle.
Funny & melancholy moments from the grandiose fantasy world of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
Funny & melancholy moments from the grandiose fantasy world of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
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On slums:
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
in the nuddy?
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
in the nuddy?
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way, Drumknott. It’s good for the hygiene of the brain.”
“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way, Drumknott. It’s good for the hygiene of the brain.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
August 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way, Drumknott. It’s good for the hygiene of the brain.”
“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way, Drumknott. It’s good for the hygiene of the brain.”
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from Night Watch
August 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
from Night Watch
Ah, Mister Civilized Ankh-Morpork.
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Ah, Mister Civilized Ankh-Morpork.
from Night Watch
August 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
from Night Watch
Going Postal Chapter 14: Deliverance
January 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Going Postal Chapter 14: Deliverance
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Killed us by numbers.
January 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Killed us by numbers.
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You have killed 2.338 people.
January 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
You have killed 2.338 people.
'Give a man fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life'
~Jingo
~Jingo
January 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
'Give a man fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life'
~Jingo
~Jingo
"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life."
-STP, The Last Continent
-STP, The Last Continent
January 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life."
-STP, The Last Continent
-STP, The Last Continent
On slums:
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
January 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
On slums:
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
"Owning a hundred slum properties wasn’t a crime, although living in one was, almost." 1
"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." 2
January 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is all what you have to do, you walk along the Streets at Night, shouting, It’s Twelve O’clock and All’s Well. I said, What if it is not all well, and he said, You bloody well find another street!
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is all what you have to do, you walk along the Streets at Night, shouting, It’s Twelve O’clock and All’s Well. I said, What if it is not all well, and he said, You bloody well find another street!
The world wasn’t moved by heroes or villains or even by policemen. It might as well be moved by symbols.
January 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The world wasn’t moved by heroes or villains or even by policemen. It might as well be moved by symbols.
Only once, in the entire history of witchery on the Ramtops, had a thief broken into a witch's cottage. The witch concerned visited the most terrible punishment on him.*
January 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Only once, in the entire history of witchery on the Ramtops, had a thief broken into a witch's cottage. The witch concerned visited the most terrible punishment on him.*