No one knows the reason for all this, but it is probably quantum. (p. — Pyramids (novel)

"You scrimped and saved to send them to the best schools, and then they went and paid you back by getting educated. (p. 100)"

"The important thing is not how many people you inhume, its how many fail to inhume you. (pp. 20-21)"

"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. (p. 5)"

"It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was, of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free. (p. 35)"

"Battle elephants! Teppic groaned. Tsort went in for battle elephants, too. Battle elephants were the fashion lately. They werent much good for anything except trampling on their own when they inevitably panicked, so the military minds on both sides had responded by breeding bigger elephants. Elephants were impressive. (p. 256)"

"Are you all right, O jeweled master of the sun?" one of them ventured."