Discworld Librarian Quotes & Sayings

I'm not much into rear window ethics. — Alfred Hitchcock

I had kissed the monster who governed our world — Rosamund Hodge

But a fact is like a sack which won't stand up when it is empty. In order that it may stand up, one has to put into it the reason and sentiment which have caused it to exist. — Luigi Pirandello

Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep. — Claude Monet

I don't know why anyone likes sledding in the first place." I said. "Life goes downhill enough without speeding the process along. — Lemony Snicket

The commander went, as they say in Ankh-Morpork, totally Librarian on them. — Terry Pratchett

More often than not in poetry I find difficulty to be gratuitous and show-offy and camouflaging, experimental to a kind of insane degree - a difficulty which really ignores the possibility of having a sensible reader. — Billy Collins

I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling. — Jim Rash

In the middle of the swinging sixties people in England were apparently under some sort of obligation to have a good time and most of them didn't. A Russian and an American walked about in space to no one's particular advantage. The Beatles received their British Empire medals and, so it was said, smoked cannabis in the lavatories at Buckingham Palace. American aeroplanes were bombing Vietnam, but no one seemed to talk about the nuclear holocaust any more. — John Mortimer

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly. — Aldus Manutius

When he felt her fingers, he flinched; he had not been touched with such gentleness since his childhood. He was no stranger to women and had felt their hands on all parts of his body, but her touch made him feel like he belonged some place. — Melina Marchetta

We made a big fuss over the possibility of microbes on Mars. If orangutans were Martians we'd cherish them, we'd be so amazed at how they're like us but not like us, they'd be invited to tea and cigars at the White House. But they're apes, sad in zoos, funny in movies, useful in advertisements and in fantasy books, I'm almost ashamed to say, but at least the Discworld's Librarian has done his bit for the species and caused more than a few bob to flow their way. — Anonymous

Gentlemen never wear brown in London. — George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon Of Kedleston

Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith? — Nicholas Sparks

She wanted to pull at him, but she didn't feel like he was hers to hold back. — Rainbow Rowell

You are Zyon's daughter. You are a soul reader. This trip is more than just a vacation," Jadan said firmly. "You might feel like postponing it now, but we need to look for the medallion while we are in that region. Joe will keep an eye on everything. Plus, your mom will know what to do. I can even call for backup. — Dianne Bright