"The Sphinx is an unreal creature. It exists solely because it has been imagined. (p. 264)"

"All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them w…"

"There was not a lot that could be done to make Morpork a worse place. A direct hit by a meteorite, for example, would…"

"Look into the face of a man who will kill you for a belief and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. …"

"The culture of the river kingdom had a lot to say about death and what happened afterward. In fact it had very little…"

"The king looked surprised."

"When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions. (p. 58)"

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

"That was extremely symbolic as well, although no one could remember what of. (p. 62)"

"His mother, as far as he could remember, had been a pleasant woman and as self-centred as a gyroscope. (p. 29)"