Terry Pratchett Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.

  Terry Pratchett

  Religious, Buddhist, Order

  Terry Pratchett (2010). “Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)”, p.136, Random House

• Sybil's female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold chocolates while trolls were trying to break into the compound, or had merely stayed at home and nursed such bits of husbands and sons as made it back from endless little wars. The result was a species of woman who, when duty called, turned into solid steel.

  Terry Pratchett

  Husband, War, Home

  "Thud!".

• Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft. When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Bridges, Cities

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Reaper Man: (Discworld Novel 11)”, p.52, Random House

• The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, nay, duty to be where you were. It helped if you could also suggest in every line of your body that no one else had any rights to be doing anything, anywhere, whatsoever.

  Terry Pratchett

  Winning, Keys, Rights

  Terry Pratchett (2002). “Night watch”, Doubleday UK

• You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.

  Terry Pratchett

  Lying, Believe, Justice

  "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather", www.imdb.com. 2006.

• If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty.

  Terry Pratchett

  Goodbye, Father, Bed

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