Discworld 18 - Maskerade

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong

Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness.

It was a horrible thing to learn, but there are times when evidence gets trampled and the hunt is on.

They tended to wield the huge blunt ax of the law in circumstances that required the delicate scalpel of common sense.

Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.

Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought.

Everything’s better if it comes from a long way away. That’s the secret

People who didn’t need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn’t need people.

What kind of skills have that troll and that dwarf got?' said Granny. 'Seems to me the only thing they're really good at is standing around looking obvious and stupi­Hah! Yes...'

'Right. And they didn't even need much training,' said André. 'Commander Vimes says they're the most obvious policemen anyone could think of. Incidentally, Corporal Nobbs has got some papers to prove he's a human being.'

'Forged?'

'I don't think so

In the same way that the really rich can never be mad (they're eccentric), so they can also never be rude (they're outspoken and forthright).

She hurried after Lady Esmerelda and her rather strange friend.