Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese

Terry Pratchett era scrittore e glottoteta britannico. Frasi in inglese.
Terry Pratchett: 980 citazioni39 Mi piace

“But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Maskerade

Origine: Maskerade

“Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn't take you seriously until you'd actually killed them, by which time it didn't really matter anyway.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro The Light Fantastic

Origine: The Light Fantastic

“No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Men at Arms

Origine: Men at Arms

“He's probably their battle poet, too."
"You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?"
"No, no. He recites poems that frighten the enemy…. When a well-trained gonnagle starts to recite, the enemy's ears explode.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro The Wee Free Men

Origine: The Wee Free Men

“The second mouse gets the cheese!”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett

Origine: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

“Voodoo is a very interesting religion for the whole family, even those members of it who are dead.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett

Origine: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it's just another job.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Moving Pictures

Origine: Moving Pictures

“You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. […] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Feet of Clay

Origine: Feet of Clay

“He had the kind of real deep tan that rich people spent ages trying to achieve with expensive holidays and bits of tinfoil, when really all you need to do to obtain one is work your arse off in the open air everyday.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Equal Rites

Origine: Equal Rites

“If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Feet of Clay

Origine: Feet of Clay

“It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest creature in the universe. In the great party of Creation, he was always in the kitchen.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Mort

Origine: Mort

“The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try to work how who was to blame.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Hogfather

Origine: Hogfather

“Cake is not the issue here.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro The Last Continent

Origine: The Last Continent

“Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Nation

Origine: Nation

“The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate.

And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Witches Abroad

Origine: Witches Abroad

“Pollution removed his helmet and shook out his long white hair. He had taken over when Pestilence, muttering about penicillin, had retired in 1936.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett libro Good Omens

Origine: Good Omens

“They shed a rather unpleasant glow that didn't so much illuminate, asthe darkness.”

Help us translate this quote

Terry Pratchett

Origine: The Color of Magic