A few days back, I came across a thread on Mastodon where people were sharing great opening lines of books. I pitched in with the following opening lines from Discworld:

“THE SUN ROSE slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.” - from The Light Fantastic.

“THIS IS WHERE the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And Fate always wins.” - from Interesting Times.

So to all Discworld fans out here, pitch in with some Discworld quotes, be it starting lines or anything else. Or even just talk about your favourite books in the series. Let’s have some fun!

This is another one:

“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”…

Death thought about it. “CATS” he said eventually. “CATS ARE NICE.”

-Terry Pratchett (Sourcery).

AND….

GNU PTERRY

  • @ParanoidAndroid
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    71 year ago

    “The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”

    GNU PTERRY

    • BeboOP
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      41 year ago

      This is great! This whole thread has been such a nostalgic experience. Now I want to start a re-read of Discworld as soon as possible.