A few days back, I came across a thread on Mastodon where people were sharing great opening lines of books. I pitched in with the following opening lines from Discworld:

“THE SUN ROSE slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.” - from The Light Fantastic.

“THIS IS WHERE the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And Fate always wins.” - from Interesting Times.

So to all Discworld fans out here, pitch in with some Discworld quotes, be it starting lines or anything else. Or even just talk about your favourite books in the series. Let’s have some fun!

This is another one:

“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”…

Death thought about it. “CATS” he said eventually. “CATS ARE NICE.”

-Terry Pratchett (Sourcery).

AND….

GNU PTERRY

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WHERE IS MY COW!

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Glad I didn’t have to go far for this one.

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Such a silly line without context, and yet it makes me tear up every time.

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Is this from Snuff? Or am I confusing with another book? I remember that Vimes used to read this to his son and there is a whole scene where Vimes is trudging through the Underground caves shouting “where is my cow” towards the end of the book.

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Thud!

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Oh OK thanks!

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DARK IN HERE, ISNT IT

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There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What’s up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don’t think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who’s been pinching my beer? And at the other end of the bar the world is full of the other type of person, who has a broken glass, or a glass that has been carelessly knocked over (usually by one of the people calling for a larger glass) or who had no glass at all, because he was at the back of the crowd and had failed to catch the barman’s eye.

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Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

GNU PTERRY

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The current state of knowledge can be summarized thus: in the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded.

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