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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

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Do you understand what’s going on here?”Hodgesaargh took another slow look at the scene. “No,” he said.“In that case’s not my job to understand this s...more

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He stared at his feet. “I’m still very ignorant,” he said, “but at least I’m ignorant about really important things.

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Do you understand what I'm saying?"shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!""Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm."What?" snapp...more

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If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going...more

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In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of thecat, although in this case there were three determinate states the catcould be...more

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His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.

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On the Kite, the situation was being 'workshopped'. This is the means by which people who don't know anything get together to pool their ignorance.

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As humans, we have invented lots of useful kinds of lie. As well as lies-to-children ('as much as they can understand') there are lies-to-bosses ('as ...more

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WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.Death waved a hand dismissivel...more

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When in doubt, choose to live.

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And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone.

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Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.