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The allure of the unknown fades into the tawdry reality of a specific representation, once you see it dripping sequins. Abraham's God of Extelligence was far more compelling than a few golden (probably just gold leaf) idols. But when the Renaissance artists started to paint God as a bearded man in the clouds, they opened the way to doubt. The image just wasn't impressive enough. The pictures on radio are always so much better than those on TV.

— The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Ian Stewart, Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen, and 1 other (Science of Discworld, #2) (Page 344)

From „Minutes of the meeting to form the Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts“:

Crysophrase said that he was a scout when he was nothing more than a little lad and it made a troll of him. As he recalled, they spent their time learning tracking and tying knots.

Mr Boggis asked what it was the trolls tracked.

Crysophrase vouchsafed that they tracked dwarfs.

Mr Boggis then enquired what they tied knots in.

Crysophrase said dwarfs.

— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett (Page 338)

According to the trollish philosopher Plateau, „if you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes.“

— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett (Page 316)

"Oook." "You? We can't take you," said the Dean, glaring at the Librarian. "You don't know a thing about guerilla warfare." "Oook!" said the Librarian, and made a surprisingly comprehensive gesture to indicate that, on the other hand, what he didn't know about orangutan warfare could be written on the very small pounded up remains of, for example, the Dean.

— Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Page 299)