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  • I’m so sorry we’ll never meet,” she whispered, laying her posy atop the late Lord and Lady Payne’s grave. “But thank you. For him. I promise, I’ll love him as fiercely as I can. Kindly send down some blessings when you can spare them. We’ll probably need them, from time to time.

  • The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.

    New York   Light   Green  
    "Lords and Ladies" by Terry Pratchett, Harper, (p. 282), October 2008.
  • Well, the news has got around. The Duchess of Keepsake has invited us to a ball, Sir Henry and Lady Withering have invited us to a ball, and Lord and Lady Hangfinger have invited us to... yes, a ball." "Well, that's a lot of..." "Don't you dare, Sam.

  • Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

    "Lords And Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.
  • Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.

    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.29, Random House
  • In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

    "Lords and Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, www.theguardian.com. 1992.
  • No matter what she did with her hair it took about three minutes for it to tangle itself up again, like a garden hosepipe in a shed [Which, no matter how carefully coiled, will always uncoil overnight and tie the lawnmower to the bicycles].

    Garden   Hair   Ties  
  • This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here.

    Party   Lovely   Wish  
    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.380, Random House
  • In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.

  • Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

    Running   Cutting   Long  
    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.41, Random House
  • Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad.

    Nice   Snakes   Twists  
  • The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.

  • Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.

    Good Luck   Men   Bed  
  • The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.179, Random House
  • The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select.

    Taken   Son   Novices  
    "Lords And Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.
  • I have supped mead with lords and ladies; so to have I slumbered in nameless lanes and gored upon mutton.

  • He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens.

    "The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)". Book by Jonathan Stroud, September 30, 2003.
  • If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.

    Life   Cat   People  
    "Lords and Ladies" by Terry Pratchett, Harper, (p. 158), October 2008.
  • Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make

    Art   Nature   Byzantium  
    "Sailing to Byzantium" l. 25 (1928)
  • A mist. A great mist. It covered the entire kingdom. And everyone in it - the good people and the not so good, the young people and the not-so-young, and even Briar Rose's mother and father fell asleep. Everyone slept: lords and ladies, teacher and tummlers, dogs and doves, rabbits and rabbitzen and all kinds of citizens. So fast asleep they were, they were not able to wake up for a hundred years.

    Mother   Teacher   Dog  
  • Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make Of hammered gold and gold enameling To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; Or set upon a golden bough to sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

    Nature   Past   Byzantium  
    "Sailing to Byzantium" l. 30 (1928)
  • Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot him and there'll be another one along in a minute. Shoot him too? Why not shoot everyone and invade Poland?

    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.125, Random House
  • Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.

    Men   Red Flags   Annoyed  
    "Lords And Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.
  • The Rich arrived in pairs And also in Rolls Royces; They talked of their affairs In loud and strident voices... The Poor arrived in Fords, Whose features they resembled; They laughed to see so many Lords And Ladies all assembled. The People in Between Looked underdone and harassed, And our of place and mean, And Horribly embarrassed.

    Mean   Voice   People  
    Hilaire Belloc (1970). “Complete verse [of] H. Belloc: including Sonnets and verse, Cautionary verses, The modern traveller, etc”
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