“The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate.And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.”

“Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.”

“Rincewind trudged back up the beach. "The trouble is," he said, "is that things never get better, they just stay the same, only more so.”

“I mean, it's a good job we've got a last desperate million-to-one chance to rely on, or we'd really be in trouble!”

“The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.”

“It's All Officers, sir."They broke into a run. You always did for an All Officers. The people in trouble might well be you.”

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”