It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written, “Kings. What a good idea.” Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.
Commander Vimes
Not Thou Shalt Not. Say I Will Not.
Dorfl the golem
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.
Commander Vimes
They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what is it they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that things go on as normal and tomorrow is pretty much like today.”
Lord Vetinari
The real world was far too real to leave neat little hints. It was full of too many things. It wasn’t by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities.
Commander Vimes
You couldn’t say, “I had orders.” You couldn’t say, “It’s not fair.” No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself.
“Just because someone’s a member of an ethnic minority doesn’t mean they’re not a nasty small-minded little jerk”
Commander Vimes
It was easy being a vegetarian by day, It was preventing yourself becoming a humanitarian by night that took the real effort.
Angua von Uberwald, werewolf