#discworld city watch
“Monsters are getting more uppity, too,” said another. “I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck its arm up over the door-”
“Pour encourjay lays ortras,” said one of the listeners.
“Right, and you know what? Its mum come and complained. Its actual mum come right down to the hall next day and complained. Actually complained. That’s the respect you get.”
- Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
How do you spell ‘contravention’?“ said Carrot, turning over a page.
"I don’t,” said Nobby, pushing through the crowds.
Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
“Might have just been an innocent bystander, sir,” said Carrot
“What, in Ankh-Morpork?”
“Yes, sir.”
“We should have grabbed him, then, just for the rarity value.”
- Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
“At times like this it’s traditional that a hero comes forth,” said the president of the Guild of Assassins. “A dragon slayer. Where is he, that’s what I want to know? Why aren’t our schools turning out young people with the kind of skills society needs.”
- Terry Pratchett - Guards Guards
“You’d have thought, with that pale, equine face, that he’d incline towards stuff with whips, needles, and young women in dungeons. The other lords could have accepted that. Nothing wrong with whips and needles, in moderation. But the Patrician apparently spent his evenings studying reports and, on special occasions, if he could stand the excitement, playing chess.”
- Terry Pratchett - Guards Guards
