His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. We hope you’ll join us.Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. That we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters we read books cover-to-cover but Typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. World conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous Submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing toįounded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people Interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, andĬhoose the ones that are most thought-provoking. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a bookĪnd to carry with us the author’s best ideas. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. DeMarco About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, ― Terry Pratchett, quote from The Fifth Elephant 'You don't think it makes me look too fat?'Īngua sniffed. 'You look good in taffeta, Nobby,' she said. well, you know what people call men who wear wigs and gowns, don't you?' an' obviously it's not right, women havin' to act as decoys in police work.'Īngua hesitated, as she so often did when attempting to talk to Nobby on difficult matters, and waved her hands in front of her as if trying to shape the invisible dough of her thoughts. well, obviously, you'd be a lot better at lurkin', an'. ' Nobby's expression creased as he edged his way into
“It's not that I'm complaining,' said Angua, 'but when we were assigned this job I thought it was me who was going to be the decoy and you who was going to be the back up, Nobby.'
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