Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBEwas an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971; after the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 April 1948
CityBeaconsfield, England
Terry Pratchett quotes about
Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.
Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.
Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.
Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.
I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. “I tried to live a good life. Does that help?” THAT’S NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOU’LL BE BJORN AGAIN.
It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.
He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.
Not all questions are answered, but fortunately some answers are questioned.
A bad hunter chases. A good hunter waits.
Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor.
Things just happen. What the hell.
The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week?
Education had been easy. Learning things had been harder.
Some people are confident because they are fools. Leonard had the look of someone who was confident because, so far, he'd never found a reason not to be.