Witches Abroad Quotes

“Magic's far too important to be used for rulin' people. (p. 316)”

“Don't you talk to me about progress. Progress just means bad things happen faster. (p. 305)”

“This one was quite likely looting towns when he should have been learning to read. (p. 267)”

“"I ain't against adventure, in moderation," said Granny, "but not when I'm eatin'." (p. 247)”

“You can be as self-assertive as you like, I said, just so long as you do what you're told. (p. 20)”

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“Granny Weatherwax didn't like maps. She felt instinctively that they sold the landscape short. (p. 27)”

“The only way housework could be done in this place was with a shovel or, for preference, a match. (p. 147)”

“The footman, recognizing instantly the boundless bad manners of the well-bred, backed away quickly. (p. 262)”

“Nanny Ogg looked him up and down or, at least, down and further down.
"You're a dwarf," she said. (p. 278)”

“Magrat plunged on with the brave desperation of someone dancing in the light of their burning bridges. (p. 161)”

“She hated everything that predestined people, that fooled them, that made them slightly less than human. (p. 291)”

“For wolves and pigs and bears, thinking that they're human is a tragedy. For a cat, it's an experience. (p. 268).”

“Greebo wasn't a happy cat. People had made a fuss just because he'd dragged a roast turkey off the table. (p. 294)”

“Emberella, thought Magrat. I'm fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain. (p. 213)”

“The nobles of Genua had enough experience to know what it means when a ruler says something is not compulsory. (p. 325).”

“The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays. (p. 282)”

“"I hate mirrors," muttered the Duc.
"That's because they tell you the truth, my lad."
"It's cruel magic, then." (p. 71)”

“"Baths is unhygienic," Granny declared. "You know I've never agreed with baths. Sittin' around in your own dirt like that." (p. 184)”

“It was no longer the full-nosed roaring of a forty-winks catnapper, but the well-paced growling of someone who wanted to make a night of it.”