The elevator shaft was a kind of heat sink. Hot food was cold by the time it arrived. Cold food got colder. No one knew what would happen to ice cream, but it would probably involve some rewriting of the laws of thermodynamics.

“The purpose of this lectchoor is to let you know where we are. We are in the de…”

“Ankh-Morpork is a godless city--''I thought it had more than three hundred plac…”

“Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the …”

“SOONER OR LATER ALL MEN MUST DIE. EVERYTHING DIES IN THE END. I CAN BE ROBBED B…”