Terry Pratchett on Memorial Day
1948–2015 England
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War is a terrible thing, and many people return with wounds invisible to the eye.
Dodger (2012)
The pen is mightier than the sword...if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
The Light Fantastic (1986)
When there's a war around take the day off, that's my motto.
It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was, of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.
Pyramids (1989)
I am death, not taxes. I turn up only once.
Feet of Clay (1996)
Greebo's technique was unscientific and wouldn't have stood a chance against any decent swordmanship, but on his side was the fact that it is almost impossible to develop decent swordmanship when you seem to have run into a food mixer that is biting your ear off.
Witches Abroad (1991)
Her opponents started off grinning at the temerity of a slight young girl attacking them, and then rapidly passed through various stages of puzzlement, doubt, concern, and abject gibbering terror as they apparently became the center of a flashing, tightening circle of steel.
Sourcery (1988)
"You can't give her that!" she screamed. "It's not safe!"
It's a sword, said the Hogfather. They're not meant to be safe.
"She's a child!" shouted Crumley.
It's educational.
"What if she cuts herself?"
That will be an important lesson.
Hogfather (1996)