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Terry Pratchett Quote: Carpe Jugulum: Quote #1

He was trying to find some help in the ancient military journals of General Tacticus, and had actually found a section headed What to Do If One Army Occupies a Well-fortified and Superior Ground and the Other Does Not, but since the first sentence read "Endeavour to be the one inside" he'd rather lost heart.

Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

Published: Jul 23, 2008 - 11:52 PM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #8

At this point, we could go two ways. There is the easy way, and that is very easy.
You'll never know about the hard way.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:48 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #7

And when a commander of the Watch is unhappy, he tends to spread it around with a big shovel.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:41 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #6

Several hundred dwarfs, four abreast, were trotting across the white plain towards them. There was, Vimes thought, something very determined about them.
'Detritus?'
'Yessir?'
'Try not to look too troll-like, will you?'
'Tryin' like hell, sir.'

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:40 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #5

All Hell hadn't been let loose. It was merely Detritus. But from a few feet away you couldn't tell the difference.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:39 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #4

He walked forward, hesitated, said 'No, this is Tuesday,' and moved his descending foot so that it landed on a stone that in every respect appeared to be exactly the same as its fellows.*

*Except that the ones around it were not good stones to tread on if it was a Tuesday.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:37 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #3

There was a long, very long-drawn-out growl, not changing in tone at all, just unrolling a deep promise of what would happen if he tried to move.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:36 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #2

Vimes knew that he had lost. He had lost as soon as Sybil was involved, because she was always a reliable siege engine against the walls of his defences. But there was such a thing as going down fighting.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:12 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Fifth Elephant Quotes #1

Vimes sighed and looked down at the pages of scrawl in his notebook under the heading 'Uberwald'. He wasn't-strictly aware of it, but he treated even geography as if he was investigating a crime ('Did you see who carved out the valley? Would you recognize that glacier if you saw it again?').

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Published: Nov 30, 2007 - 12:11 AM



Terry Pratchett Quote: The Last Continent Quotes #2

The wizards were civilized men of considerable education and culture. When faced with being inadvertently marooned on a desert island they understood immediately that the first thing to do was to place the blame.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

Published: Nov 24, 2007 - 01:08 AM



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