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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) QUOTES

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) QUOTES

1 " The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

2 " Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane? "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

3 " The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the deep cack. It couldn't be worse if it was raining arseholes. Any questions? "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

4 " This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

5 " How can you protect yourself by carrying a sword if you don’t know how to use it?’
Not me, sir. Other people. They see the sword and don’t attack me,’ said Maladict patiently.
Yes, but if they did, lad, you wouldn’t be any good with it,’ said the sergeant.
No, sir. I’d probably settle for just ripping their heads off, sir. That’s what I mean by protection, sir. Theirs, not mine. And I’d get hell from the League if I did that, sir. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

6 " Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world. Other people are people; while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn’t just about you. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

7 " And now I demand that you do what the ignorant might feel is the easier thing. You must refrain from dying in battle. Revenge is not redress. Revenge is a wheel, and it turns backwards. The dead are not your masters. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

8 " There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

9 " Well, the lion is a big ol’ coward, mostly. If you want trouble, you want to tangle with the lioness. They’re killers, and they hunt together. It’s the same everywhere. If you want big grief, look to the ladies. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

10 " And a woman by herself is missing a man, while a man by himself is his own master.
Trousers. That's the secret. Trousers and a pair of socks. I never dreamed it was like this. Put on trousers and the world changes. We walk different. We act different. I see these girls and I think: Idiot's Get yourself some trousers! "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

11 " It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

12 " A woman always has half an onion left over, no matter what the size of the onion, the dish or the woman "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

13 " Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans! "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

14 " It's not lying when you do it to officers! "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

15 " Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

16 " You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

17 " [The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

18 " The four lesser apocalyptical horsemen of Panic, Bewilderment, Ignorance, and Shouting took control of the room, "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

19 " The enemy wasn't men, or women, or the old, or even the dead. It was just bleedin' stupid people, who came in all varieties. And no one had the right to be stupid. "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

20 " There was a bird whistle as Polly neared the hiding place. She identified this one as the sound of the Very Bad Bird Impersonator… "

― Terry Pratchett , Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)