Terry Pratchett Quotes

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Fear does not have to be real to be powerful.

The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

If you want to scare people, you talk about evil.

Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to kill you

Fear is stronger than arms.

The Doctor: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink.

Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.

No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense.

You!” she said, stepping forward with a vehement expression and her finger pointed. Heart pounding, I pressed into Al. Funny how he seemed so much safer now. (Newt, Rachel and Al)

Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.

NOBODY messes with "The Bad Guy"!

He who fears not, is to be feared.

I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled, as the class panicked. "I'm dying, look at me! It's killed me!

The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

Fear plants the whisper to beware but doesn't look to see who's there.

As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. Understand?" "Yum," said Mogget. "Yes, sir!" mumbled the telephone operator, his hands shaking as he tried to smother the burning wreckage of his switchboard with a fire blanket.

You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.

I'll do a deal with you McFarlane," he said. "You can exist. And you can even have coffee. But if you raise your voice or make any sudden movements, I shall die. And that'll show you." Seb shrugged in return, hiding how pleased he was pretty badly. "Fair enough.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.