"Bad spelling can be lethal. For example, the greedy seraph of Al-Ybi was cursed by a badly-educated deity and for som…"

"It's a big responsibility, fairy godmothering. Knowing when to stop, I mean. People whose wishes get granted often do…"

"If you wanted to get anywhere in this world—and she'd decided, right at the start, that she wanted to get as far as i…"

"You can be as self-assertive as you like, I said, just so long as you do what you're told. (p. 20)"

"Granny Weatherwax didn't like maps. She felt instinctively that they sold the landscape short. (p. 27)"

"It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always se…"

"Look," said Magrat desperately, "why don't I go by myself?"

"Greebo turned upon Granny Weatherwax a yellow-eyed stare of self-satisfied malevolence, such as cats always reserve f…"

"She heard Nanny say: "Beats me why they're always putting invisible runes on their doors. I mean, you pays some wizar…"

"But then...it used to be so simple, once upon a time."