A Pratchett Quote Game: thread #23

Ok, the fuller quote, continued from the old thread:

'Go up there tonight, ---. Get yourself a little bit closer to heaven. And then get down on your knees and pray. You know how to pray, don't you? You just put your hands together -- and hope.'

Small Gods?

Tagging the thread only because I honestly have no clue. :)

Not Small Gods. Think more recent.

Going Postal.

My default is a later book so ... Unseen Academicals

Ah, I'll just randomly guess Making Money--I have no idea, really...

The Fifth Elephant? Still randomly guessing...

Going Postal it is. Your turn, ArmyAngel1986!

Weeeee! I hope this one hasn't been used yet, I've been out of the game for a while:

"There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”

Sounds meta. I will go with The Amazing Maurice.

Maybe The Wee Free Men?

Nope...

Very later ... Dodger?

Nope!

Witches Abroad?

Keep guessing...

Night Watch?

Nope

This is my fall-back default answer - The Last Continent?

Nope! And with that, I bid you good night!

Small Gods?

No.

Sorry for the delay, I replied earlier but I think the internet went down and didn't post. Y'all can guess this, someone was already pretty close!

I'm thinking Tiffany ... Wintersmith?

Nope

Okay guys, lets get this going again. How about A Hat Full of Sky? and/or another line/clue? It has been two days since the quote... :)

Anatwork has it!

Okay, lets try this:

...didn't just mean nasty laughter. It meant your mind drifting away from its anchor. It meant you losing your grip. It meant loneliness and hard work and responsibility and other people's problems driving you crazy a little bit at a time...

Cackling.

Wintersmith?

Got it in one! Your go Pwaites. :)

"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE."

Mort?

Or Reaper Man?

I thought we just did this recently. I still can't remember which book! The Truth maybe?

Nope. Keep guessing.

Well, Feet Of Clay was where I got it from to post on the previous thread.

Erm, Feet of Clay is where I got it too. Sorry everyone.

Don't apologise! Pterry often uses slight variations on memorable phrases across multiple books. And three of us didn't get it anyhow!

I thought it was recent. :) Yeah, don't apologise. We still couldn't remember -- maybe now we will.

Thanks guys. Anyway, I pass the touch on to edrandrew since he got the quote.

Ok, here goes...

This says I've got to keep the peace. So in ten seconds I'm going somewhere to find some peace to keep

Sounds like Sir Sam Vimes in Monstrous Regiment to me.

Not where I was looking.

I'll guess Night Watch just to be in the game

guards guards?

Men at Arms?

Nor those.

Feet of Clay?

Or Unseen Academicals?

The Truth?

Or those either.

Thud?

Jingo?

All yours anatwork.k - Vimes trying to keep the peace on the battlefield.

Oh someone else should take it. I have had a bunch of turns recently. I nominate pinkozcat because her guess was right above mine. :)

LOL - I almost changed my last guess to Jingo - that would have been my next post if anatwork hadn't got it right.

I've started re-re-re-reading my Pratchetts and came across this:

Dang the twigger f r'a bang at the fusel, and shrimp, 'cos the worm's on the other boot!

No prizes for guessing who the speaker is ... but which book?

Snuff? Although if you've just started re-re-re-reading, it's probably an early book.

Erm ... Hogfather?

No and no.

And I am reading at random, having read them so many times already. Whatever suits my mood at the time.

Thud?
Grr--can't even remember which books Ron appears in...

Like DEATH, he tends to wander through a number of books. But the quote is not from Thud.

Lol I would give a lot to be able to decipher what the hell Ron is saying. Enlighten me, someone!

I will try The Truth.

Eric?

Hmm...
Maybe Ron got hit on the head with a crate of prawns, doing some serious damage. Hence his muddled speech and preoccupation with shrimp?

No to both answers.

Moving Pictures?

Not Moving Pictures

Men at Arms? Don't the beggars first make an appearance in that book?

65> LOL

Not Men at Arms. Sorry!

Guards! Guards!?

Keep trying - you are getting closer

Ok, going way early -- The Colour of Magic?

Not Sourcery is it?

Neither of those.

*sigh* When I said that you were getting closer I really expected that the next reply would get it but you are moving away from the book in question.

Eric?
Getting closer can be taken in different ways, since the books aren't chronological...

No - not Eric

'Dang the twigger f r'a bang at the fusel, and shrimp, 'cos the worm's on the other boot! See if he don't.'

'He meant it's the same one we saw the other day,' said the dog.

It couldn't possibly be my standby, could it?
The Fifth Elephant?

No, sorry.

Go back to threads #69 - #72 and have another think.

feet of clay?

Yes, yes, yes!!

Over to you eclecticdodo

yay! success at last!

ok, here goes...

No sun in the sky. Even on the dullest days, you could generally see where the sun was, but not here.

The Last Continent?

Or Pyramids?

Elfland? In The Wee Free Men?

anatwork has it. Well done

Yay Tiffany! Ok, here goes:

It was midnight in Ankh-Morpork's Royal Art Museum.
It occurred to new employee Rudolph Scattering about once every minute that on the whole it might have been a good idea to tell the curator about his nyctophobia, ...

I don't recall ever reading that one so I'll fall back on my default.

Unseen Academicals?

Thief of Time?

It is indeed Unseen Academicals! Take it away Pinkozcat!

No clue but let's go for Good Omens to get things started.

No - not Good Omens

Wyrd Sisters?

Not Wyrd Sisters

The Amazing Maurice?

No, sorry.

Maskerade?

Not Maskerade either

moving pictures?

Sorry. Its not from Moving Pictures

I haven't the foggiest, but how about Carpe Jugulum

No - not Carpe Jugulum

Don you need a hint? A bit more of the quote? Anything? Or are you happy to keep on trying?

I think a hint would be useful...

Hint!

Socks play a rather large part in the story.

Hogfather?

Unseen Academicals?

No neither of those.

Socks play an essential role in the story.

Edited to add that the socks were rolled up.

This is the line about plays in Monstrous Regiment. I believe that chocolate was also mentioned.

pwaites has it. The line is from Monstrous Regiment

Grrr. Duh--now I remember the socks.
Obviously I need to reread that one...

"The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty into reporting. Thus, if a legend said of a notable here that "all men spoke of his prowess" any bard who valued his life would add hastily "except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a liar, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him."

Sounds early. Sourcery? BTW you do mean 'hero' instead of 'here' right? ;)

I think hero is the correct word. But, it's not from Sorcery.

Wyrd Sisters?

The Light Fantastic?

Mort?

anatwork.k has it. Over to you.

Ok, here it is:

When you became a wizard you were expected to stop shaving and grow a beard like a gorse bush. Very senior wizards looked capable of straining nourishment out of the air via their moustaches, like whales.

No idea but I'll try Equal Rites

Unseen Academicals?

No and no. If no one gets it in 24 hours I shall post a hint. Guess away! :)

Reaper Man?

The Light Fantasic?

Still no... Keep going.

Lords and Ladies?

Sourcery?

Still no!

Mort?

Nope. And welcome to the group olleh. :)

You guys get 5 more hours to guess then I'll post a hint. Unless you want to keep going without one!

The Fifth Elephant?

Nope.

Okay a hint:

This is the book where a number of well known wizards achieve a higher status.

Jingo?

Nope.

The Last Continent?

Soul Music?

No again. You are getting closer in terms of numbering by Soul Music.

Um, Interesting Times?

Men at Arms?

Not yet.

Moving Pictures?

Over to you Joannasephine! :)

Nooooooo! Brain hurts!
OLLEH, you take my turn. (Welcome to the game!)

OK, wait a minute.

Here's a simple one...

''And will he come back like Darktan did? said someone else. 'If he does he'll be really mad if we've eaten him.''

This would be one of my favourites The Amazing Maurice! :)

Yes, that was easy. Over to you..

Haha ok nominating beorn_se_bacaire for the next one!

Lol, thanks :)

"What about your public duty?"
"Aye, so there's no money in this?"

No clue at all. Um, Monstrous Regiment?

Guards! Guards!? just guessing ...

Neither.

The 'no' in the quote is supposed to be italicized...

Feet of Clay? Mad Arthur and Fred fleeing the Golum?

Correct! Over to you ArmyAngel

"Apes never admired the sleek of the fur and the burn of the eye, because they were too well aware of the teeth of the mouth."

Lords and Ladies, and the truth about Elves?

That was fast, you got it!

One of my favourite quotes. And here (at the risk of repeating one I've done before) is another:

I expect she told you about them when I was momentarily distracted by the display of pencils.

Haven't the foggiest again. Perhaps Thud?

Making Money? I haven't a clue either

Here's another clueless guess. Going Postal?

No, no and still no. Think slightly earlier.

Only slightly? The Truth? A book closely concerned with writing?

Getting closer, but no, not concerned with writing.

Snuff?

Nup. Wrong direction.
Time for a hint?

Hogfather? Kid in line?

Sounds like Carrot talking about Angua and museums Men at Arms?

The Fifth Elephant? In Uberwald?

ArmyAngel has it -- it was indeed Hogfather. Hooray!

That's what I thought-the snooty kid who was certain there was no Hogfather!

"My humble friends are overawed by your...variety of plum...small knife for cutting seaweed...presence, noble sir."

Argh this is so familiar! Thief of Time?

Nope! I figured this would be an easy one, too...

snuff?

Nope

Oh, Small Gods perhaps?

No

Interesting Times!

Yep!

"I mutht have died and gone to heaven," said ____. "Jutht put me near enough copper and......"

Thief of Time? (If it is, eclectic dodo can have my turn).

Knew I should have picked a harder quote. Yes it is Thief of Time

"Most of the places 'discovered' by the society's members already had people living in them, who were already trying to sell snakes to the newcomers"

The Long Earth?

nope

And very rude of me - I forgot to thank Joannasephine.

That sounds like the write up of The Discworld Mapp.

Drat! And I was so sure of that one. Back to my default answer Unseen Academicals?

all yours pinkozcat

It's describing the Ankh-Morpork Trspassers' Society, formerly the Explorers Society

Good grief! My default turned up trumps.

Here is a quote which has stuck in my mind since I first read it but couldn't remember which book. "That which was lost and is found ..."

This is for all the fans of Elizabeth Peters and Amelia Peabody.

Just my hair messed up and another shirt ruined.

Haha, statistically speaking it had to happen some time! Is this Angua in The Fifth Elephant?

No - not that one

Feet of Clay?

No - sorry

Jingo?

All yours joannasephine. Jingo is the book.

I was clearly circling around it. :)

Sorry about the delay. An easy one to make up for it:

Nulli Sheilae sanguineae.

No idea but I'll guess The Last Continent on account of the Sheilas :)

And you'd be exactly right.
:-)

Yup--over the XXXX University gates. Translation: No Bloody Women :P

I am an Aussie so the word Sheilae rang loud bells in my mind.

I know you are :)
You don't believe in making this one easy, do you--it could be from any of them!

I'm going to give Pyramids a try...

I usually just pick a book at random and take a quote from wherever the page opens - but I had this particular page tagged.

Not Pyramids though.

Thief of Time?

No - not Thief of Time

Hogfather?

No - not Hogfather

Let me know if you need a hint

Wintersmith?

The Truth? (If it is, Espadrile can have my go. Either way, welcome to the game!)

Thanks!

Don't thank me yet -- I could well be wrong.
;-)

Not at all, Joannasephine - you are quite right. It was The Truth.

I'll start a new thread for espadrile; we are over the 200 posts.