Terry Pratchett Quotes about Past

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There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.

There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.

Terry Pratchett

Past, Turns, Wells

Man just went past with a cat on his head.

Terry Pratchett

Cat, Past, Men

I must confess the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occurred to him.

Terry Pratchett

Couple, Past, Government

There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

Terry Pratchett

Book, Past, Discworld

Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.

Terry Pratchett

Past, Understanding, Erratic

I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.

Terry Pratchett

Past, Giving, May

Terry Pratchett (2009). “Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)”, p.175, Random House

There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out there is bad - but there has been a lot of bad fantasy written by people who read a lot of fantasy and so all they keep doing is recycling it.

Terry Pratchett

Mean, Past, People

Source: bobneilson.org

At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having some vague notion that Learning Should Be Fun. It hadn’t worked. It’s a fact known throughout the universes that no matter how carefully the colors are chosen, institutional decor ends up as either vomit green, unmentionable brown, nicotine yellow or surgical appliance pink. By some little-understood process of sympathetic resonance, corridors painted in those colors always smell slightly of boiled cabbage—even if no cabbage is ever cooked in the vicinity.

Terry Pratchett

Fun, Past, Color

Terry Pratchett (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld”, p.24, Harper Collins

You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have happened’ because you don’t know everything that might have happened. You might think something’d be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible. You can’t say ‘If only I’d…’ because you could be wishing for anything. The point is, you’ll never know. You’ve gone past. So there’s no use thinking about it.

Terry Pratchett

Past, Thinking, Wish

Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.235, Random House