Witches Abroad

"I hate mirrors," muttered the Duc."

"The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people. (p. 125)"

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

"People are riddled by Doubt. It is the engine that drives them through their lives. It is the elastic band in the little model airplane of their soul, and they spend their time winding it up until it knots. Early morning is the worst time—theres that little moment of panic in case You have drifted away in the night and something else has moved in. This never happened to Granny Weatherwax. She went straight from fast asleep to instant operation on all six cylinders. She never needed to find herself because she always knew who was doing the looking. (p. 93)"

"Magrat was annoyed. She was also frightened, which made her even more annoyed. It was hard for people when Magrat was annoyed. It was like being attacked by damp tissue. (p. 229)"

"Genua had once controlled the river mouth and taxed its traffic in a way that couldnt be called piracy because it was done by the city government. (p. 176)"

"Its a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, theyll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. (p. 32)"

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

"Granny stepped forward, her eyes two sapphires of bitterness. "Im goin to give you the hidin our Mam never gave you, Lily Weatherwax. Not with magic, not with headology, not with a stick like our Dad had, aye, and he used a fair bit as I recall—but with skin. And not because you was the bad one. Not because you meddled with stories. Everyone has a path they got to tread. But because, and I wants you to understand this proply, after you went I had to be the good one. You had all the fun. An theres no way I can make you pay for that, Lily, but Im surely goin to give it a try..."

"Nanny Ogg looked him up and down or, at least, down and further down."

"Nanny Ogg quite liked cooking, provided there were other people around to do things like chop up the vegetables and wash the dishes afterwards. (pp. 203-204)"

"Emberella, thought Magrat. Im fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain. (p. 213)"