That doesn't sound very reliable to me," said the druid nastily. "How can a book know what day it is? Paper can't count.

“Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You …”

“Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the s…”

“Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with th…”

“Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?”