The Wit and Wisdom of DiscworldFor every Terry Pratchett fan, an absolute must have, giftable bookfavorite quotations from his beloved Discworld canon. Gleaned from more than two decades' worth of Discworld tales, here is an essential compendium of insightful musings, witty commentary, and sagacious observations by New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett, compiled by Pratchett expert Stephen Briggs. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and

and Young Frankenstein

a broken alcoholic who never met a bad choice she didn’t make

And for once

A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter

Earth is a distant memory

Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea

Cassie is overwhelmed by the indelible mark her mother’s memory had left behind

and this shocking development in an infamous cold case catches the attention of criminologist Martin Forrester

about an eccentric old woman

When an antiquarian book is discovered in the disheveled study of an old Vermont farmhouse

” Her criticisms fueled a cultural debate

off-beat protagonist evocative of Holden Caulfield and Quentin Coldwater