“It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.”

“Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beer mug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy a refreshing drink which she almost certainly was not going to pay for.”

“Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.”

“Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.”

“Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it.”

“Oh, we're always all right. You remember that. We happen to other people.-Nanny Ogg”

“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”