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Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4) QUOTES

Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4) QUOTES

1 " The Tezuman Empire in the jungle valleys of central Klatch is known for it organic market gardens, its exquisite craftsmanship in obsidian, feathers and jade, and its mass human sacrifices in honor of Quezovercoatl, the Feathered Boa, god of mass human sacrifices. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

2 " No enemies had ever taken Ankh-Morpork. Well technically they had, quite often; the city welcomed free-spending barbarian invaders, but somehow the puzzled raiders found, after a few days, that they didn't own their horses any more, and within a couple of months they were just another minority group with its own graffiti and food shops. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

3 " His voice gave out and he made several wavy motions with his hand, indicative of the shape of a woman who would probably be unable to keep her balance. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

4 " The fact was that, as droves of demon kings had noticed, there was a limit to what you could do to a soul with, e.g., red-hot tweezers, because even fairly evil and corrupt souls were bright enough to realize that since they didn't have the concomitant body and nerve endings attached to them there was no real reason, other than force of habit, why they should suffer excruciating agony. So they didn't. Demons went on doing it anyway, because numb and mindless stupidity is part of what being a demon is all about, but since no one was suffering they didn't enjoy it much either and the whole thing was pointless. Centuries and centuries of pointlessness. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

5 " the whole point of the wish business was to see to it that what the client got was exactly what he asked for and exactly what he didn't really want. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

6 " The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

7 " Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

8 " Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

9 " Hell needed horribly bright, self-centered people like Eric. They were much better at being nasty than demons could ever manage "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

10 " These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

11 " Rincewind trudged back up the beach. "The trouble is," he said, "is that things never get better, they just stay the same, only more so. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

12 " Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

13 " You always knew where you stood with Quezovercoatl. It was generally with a lot of people on top of a great stepped pyramid with someone in an elegant feathered headdress chipping an exquisite obsidian knife for your very own personal use. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

14 " The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

15 " Demons have existed on the Discworld for at least as long as the gods, who in many ways they closely resemble. The difference is basically the same as that between terrorists and freedom fighters. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

16 " Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

17 " The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

18 " ... he could always materialise and sort things out personally. But he liked people to believe that all the bad things that happened to them were just fate and destiny. It was one of the few things that cheered him up. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

19 " Selbst durch und durch böse und verdorbene Seelen waren intelligent genug, um früher oder später zu begreifen: Da ihnen Körper mit Nervenfasern fehlten, gab es abgesehen von Angewohnheit keinen Grund, unerträglichen Schmerz zu spüren. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)

20 " Das Problem ist: Es wird nie besser. Es bleibt alles beim alten, nur noch etwas mehr. Aber er hat auch so schon genug Sorgen. "

― Terry Pratchett , Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind #4)