Quotes From "The Wee Free Men" By Terry Pratchett

Anyway, lots of warrior tribes think that when they die, they go to a heavenly land somewhere, " said the toad. "You know, where they can drink and fight and feast forever? So maybe this is theirs."" But this is a real place! "" So? That's what they believe. Besides, they're only small. Maybe the universe is a bit crowded and they have to put heavens anywhere there's room? I'm a toad, so you'll appreciate that I'm having to guess a lot here. . Terry Pratchett

Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, atbirthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweetdeprivation. Yes, he was surrounded by sweets. But the moment he took anysweet at all, said his sugar-addled brain, that meant he was not takingall the rest. And there were so many sweets he'd never be able to eatthem all. It was too much to cope with. The only solution was to burstinto tears. Terry Pratchett

If you trust in yourself.. .and believe in your dreams.. .and follow your star.. . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Terry Pratchett

Witches are naturally nosy, ” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.”“ Will it cost me anything?”“ What? I just said it was free! ” said Miss Tick.“Yes, but my father said that free advice often turns out to be expensive, ” said Tiffany.Miss Tick sniffed. “You could say this advice is priceless, ” she said, “Are you listening?”“ Yes, ” said Tiffany.“Good. Now..if you trust in yourself..”“ Yes?”“..and believe in your dreams..”“ Yes?”“..and follow your star..” Miss Tick went on.“ Yes?”“..you’ll still be beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy. Goodbye. . Terry Pratchett

That's No'-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock, mistress, ' said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock. 'Ye were one jock short, ' he added helpfully. Terry Pratchett

As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked. Terry Pratchett

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’. Terry Pratchett

He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there. Terry Pratchett

I know nothing about her. Just some books, and some stories she tried to tell me, and things I didn't understand, and I remember big red soft hands and that smell. I never knew who she really was. I mean, she must have been nine too, once. Terry Pratchett

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works. Terry Pratchett

Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices. Terry Pratchett

Miss Tick sniffed. 'You could say this advice is priceless, ' she said. 'Are you listening?'' Yes, ' said Tiffany.'Good. Now ... if you trust in yourself ...''Yes?''... and believe in your dreams ...''Yes?''... and follow your star ...' Miss Tick went on.' Yes?''... you'll still get beaten by people who spent THEIR time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Goodbye. Terry Pratchett

And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet Terry Pratchett

The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys. Terry Pratchett

Quick, someone's coming! Look real! Terry Pratchett

You’d better tell me what you know, toad, ” said Tiffany. “Miss Tick isn’t here. I am.”“ Another world is colliding with this one, ” said the toad. “There. Happy now? That’s what Miss Tick thinks. But it’s happening faster than she expected. All the monsters are coming back.”“ Why?”“ There’s no one to stop them.” There was silence for a moment.“ There’s me, ” said Tiffany. . Terry Pratchett