"The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo."

Terry Pratchett - "Wyrd Sisters"

"Yes, bugger all that." said Nanny. "Let's curse somebody."

Terry Pratchett, "Wyrd Sisters"

"In fact, no gods anywhere play chess. They prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs."

Terry Pratchett, "Wyrd Sisters"

"On nights such as these the gods, as has already been pointed out, play games other than chess with the fates of mortals and the thrones of kings. It is important to remember that they always cheat, right up to the end..."

Terry Pratchett, "Wyrd Sisters"

"Actors," said Granny, witheringly. "As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more."

Terry Pratchett, "Wyrd Sisters"