The best Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.

Carpe Jugulum

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

Discworld - Lords and Ladies

Elves

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Discworld - Jingo

Fire Warmth

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Diggers

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

Amsterdam Bicycles

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Cats

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

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Who do you think you're poking? I'm a great wizard, I am! I'll turn you into a mindless ugly toad... gosh! It worked!

Rincewind in Discworld

That's it! Poke a man in the ribs! let's see what you can do without it! [cursor disappears for a few seconds] Oh, all right... you can have it back if you promise to use it wisely.

Rincewind in Discworld

If only I had another dimension, I'd teach you a thing or two.

Rincewind in Discworld

Hands off my pixels!

Rincewind in Discworld

I'm not a cartoon! I'm just dimensionally impaired!

Rincewind in Discworld

The witch in 'Hänsel and Gretel'... she's very misunderstood. I mean, the woman builds her dream house and these brats come along and start eating it!

Miranda Hobbes in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 10

Gretel and Hansel Witches & Wizards

"So light a fire!" Harry choked.
"Yes... of course... but there's no wood!"
"Have you gone mad!" Ron bellowed. "Are you a witch or not!"

Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Witches & Wizards

To burn the witch is to admit that magic exists.

Magic Witches & Wizards

Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.

Jonathan Stroud in Bartimaeus Sequence - 1: The Amulet of Samarkand

Witches & Wizards

Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

Orlando Bloom

Elves

Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.

Orlando Bloom

Elves

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Elves

Bronwyn: "Alfirin seeds."
Arondir: "It is a tradition among Elves. Before the battle begins, plant one."
Bronwyn: "New life, in defiance of death?"

Bronwyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 6

Elves

At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.

Taylor Swift

Breakup Falling in love Fire

Fire's hunger, its destructive burn, demands respect. It immotales and clears the path for new growth.

Elementarmagier - Charaktererstellung in Guild Wars

Fire

I survived because the fire inside burned brighter than the fire around me.

Joshua Graham in Fallout

Courage Fire

The brighter a lady shines, the faster she may burn.

Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton - Season 1 Episode 1

Fire

Since we first met, I have had a warm feeling inside. Not the kind of warmth that makes me feel rotten. The other kind of warmth. The one that happens inside my heart. Thank you. I am happy. Sadly I only recognize the current you. If I forget you... No. I will order myself to remember you.

Qiqi in Genshin Impact

Warmth

Best way to stay warm is to keep moving.

Taliyah, the Stoneweaver in League of Legends - Freljord Taliyah

Warmth

Sometimes icy heart just needs warm smile.

Braum, the Heart of the Freljord in League of Legends

Coldness Warmth

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Lucy Larcom

Positive Quotes Warmth

They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Amsterdam - which is kinda the same.

Amsterdam

But what's the point of breathing if somebody already tells you the difference between an apple and a bicycle? If I bite a bicycle and ride an apple, then I'll know the difference.

Axel Blackmar in Arizona Dream

Bicycles Apples

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein - Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007)

Life Progress Bicycles

The worst day biking is still better than the best day at work.

Bicycles

A horse is a bike that pedals itself.

Dwight Schrute in The Office - Season 7 Episode 5

Horses Bicycles

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

Jules Verne

Cats

Want an animal to stare at you with contempt? Get a cat! Open box of excrement in your house? Cat!

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 2 Episode 4

Cats

My cat is really annoyed by me, now that I hang around in her apartment all day.

Quarantänealltag

Cats Corona-Jokes

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Cats

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