Variante: A luz pensa que viaja mais rápido que qualquer coisa, mas está errada. Não importa quão rápido a luz viaje, ela descobre que a escuridão chegou lá primeiro, e estava esperando por ela.
Obras
Pirâmides
Terry PratchettI Shall Wear Midnight
Terry PratchettTerry Pratchett Frases famosas
Citações de pessoas de Terry Pratchett
Frases sobre o tempo de Terry Pratchett
“Talvez a magia ainda fosse durar muito tempo. Talvez não. Mas, pensando bem, o que dura?”
Série Discworld, Guardas! Guardas!
Terry Pratchett frases e citações
Witches Abroad
“Tarde o temprano todo se reduce al alma.”
I Shall Wear Midnight
“Não há mapas. Não é possível mapear o sentido de humor.”
The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett: Frases em inglês
“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”
Fonte: Wyrd Sisters
“Tolkien's dead. J. K. Rowling said no. Philip Pullman couldn't make it. Hi, I'm Terry Pratchett.”
t-shirt worn by Pratchett at conventions https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/stephen-mcginty-sir-terry-pratchett-a-class-act-1-3718745 https://books.google.ca/books?id=n78kYbvUd_8C&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22tolkien%27s+dead%22+pratchett+shirt&source=bl&ots=uosL5-E7O9&sig=rMN8J7liwEBmaE92G4EWLunv2wk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBmL6nr-DbAhUB6YMKHd9XALoQ6AEIoAEwGQ#v=onepage&q=%22tolkien's%20dead%22%20pratchett%20shirt&f=false
Misc
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
Foreword to The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1998) by David Pringle, and The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Fantasy (2003) by David Pringle
General sources
“This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.”
Author's note, revised edition (1992).
The Carpet People (1971; 1992)
Fonte: A Hat Full of Sky
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
Fonte: Hogfather
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Variante: And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
Fonte: I Shall Wear Midnight
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
General sources
Variante: It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.
Fonte: The Last Continent
“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
Pratchett is credited as author of this, as quoted in Ghost Cats : Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (2007) by Dusty Rainbolt, p. 7, and in Chicken Soup for the Soul : What I Learned from the Cat (2009) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
Quote attributed to unknown author, in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats : And the People Who Love Them (2004) by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Sharon J. Wohlmuth, p. 1
General sources
Variante: In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this.
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
Fonte: Lords and Ladies
“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
Fonte: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch