Perdita thought that not obeying rules was somehow cool. Agnes thought that rules like "Don't fall into this huge pit of spikes" were there for a purpose.
Lancre operated on the feudal system, which was to say, everyone feuded all the time and handed on the fight to their descendants.
-"Remember -- that which does not kill us can only make us stronger."
- "And that which does kill us leaves us dead!"
Vampires are [...] by nature as co-operative as sharks.
Vampyres are just the same, the only real difference being that they can't spell properly.'People need vampires,' she [Granny] said. 'They helps 'em remember what stakes and garlic are for.'
She sang in harmony. Not, of course, with her reflection in the glass, because that kind of heroine will sooner or later end up singing a duet with Mr Blue Bird and other forest creatures and then there's nothing for it but a flamethrower.
He could stop the coaches all right, but people tended to say, "What? I say, it's a lowwayman. What up? A bit short, are you? Hur, hur, hur," and he would be forced to shoot them in the knee.
The young priest took the baby nervously, holding it, as some men do, as if it would break or at least explode.
The pointy hat carried a lot of weight in the Ramtops. People talked to the hat, not to the person wearing it. When people were in serious trouble they went to a witch. {footnote: Sometimes, of course, to say, ‘Please stop doing it.’}
