“Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken.”

“Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass. ”

“People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked.”

“Funny, reely," he said. "You spend your whole life goin' to school and learnin' stuff, and they never tell you about stuff like the Bermuda Triangle and UFOs and all these Old Masters running around the inside of the Earth. Why do we have to learn boring stuff when there's all this brilliant stuff we could be learnin', that's what I want to know.”

“When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.”

“What did I tell you about Mister Safety Catch?' said Vimes weakly. When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend,' recited Detritus, saluting.”

“The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.”