“There is a phrase "neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring." This thing was all of them, plus some other bits of beasts unknown to science or nightmare or even kebab. There was certainly some red, and a lot of flapping, and Nutt was sure he caught a glimpse of an enormous sandal...”

“I was just a kid then. But I won't forget. Nor will others. There's lots of people with reason to hate the Church.”

“Vimes felt his hand begin to move of its own accord--And stopped. Red rage froze.There was The Beast, all around him. And that's all it was. A beast. Useful, but still a beast. You could hold it on a chain, and make it dance, and juggle balls. It didn't think. It was dumb. What you were, what you were, was not The Beast.”

“They writes some bits o’ their letters in them wee codies. That’s a terrible thing tae do to a reader. It’s hard enough readin’ the normal words, wi’oot somebody jumblin’ them all up.”

“aware that he had lost some kind of contest but not entirely certain what it was.”

“It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.”

“Some people are born to command. Some people achieve command. And others have command thrust upon them ...”