You Bastard was thinking: ...Delta squared. Thus, dimensional pressure k will result in a ninety-degree transformation in Chi(16/x/pu)t for a K-bundle of any three invariables. Or four minutes, plus or minus ten seconds...
The camel looked down at the great pads of his feet.
Let speed equal gallop.
(Pyramids)
There was not a lot that could be done to make Morpork a worse place. A
direct hit by a meteorite, for example, would count as gentrification.
(Pyramids)
'What can I do? I'm only human,' he said aloud.
Someone said, Not all of you.
(Pyramids)
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be
a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed.
(Pyramids)
The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins. Footnote: Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something.
(Pyramids)
What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today,
is: "Why is it so dark in here?"
(Pyramids)
Everything that was magical was just a way of describing the world in words it couldn't ignore.
(Pyramids)
Nature abhors dimensional abnormalities, and seals them neatly away so that
they don't upset people. Nature, in fact, abhors a lot of things, including
vacuums, ships called the "Marie Celeste", and the chuck keys for electric
drills.
(Pyramids)
The Ephebians made wine out of anything they could put in a bucket, and ate
anything that couldn't climb out of one.
(Pyramids)
'The trouble with my friend here is that he doesn't know the difference between a postulate and a metaphor of human existence. Or a hole in the ground.'
(Pyramids)
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.
(Pyramids)
- "Therefore I will have dinner sent in," said the priest. "It will be
roast chicken."
- "I hate chicken."
Dios smiled. "No sire. On wednesdays the King always enjoys chicken, sire."
(Pyramids)
'I knew the two of you would get along like a house on fire.' Screams, flames, people running for safety...
(Pyramids)
Chefet, Chefet, thought Dios. Maker of rings, weaver of metal. Now he's out of our heads, and see how his nails grow into claws...
(Pyramids)