There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called witches and wizards, Magrat reflected, as she followed the other two back to the road.
It was probably some wonderful organisation on the part of Nature to protect itself. It saw to it that everyone with any magical talent was about as ready to cooperate as a she-bear with a toothache, so all that dangerous power was safely dissipated as random bickering and rivalry. There were differences in style, of course. Wizards assassinated each other in draughty corridors, witches just cut one another dead in the street. And they were all as self-centered as a spinning top. Even when they help other people, she thought, they're secretly doing it for themselves. Honestly, they're just like big children.
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters (via Magrat Garlick)
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this was just so funny to me. I like that Pratchett never fails to emphasize that these social classes of characters aren't inherently good nor bad. They have their flaws and different ways of dealing with each other and the world. It's very human and therefore very grounding and entertaining.
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Nanny Ogg is the “Mother” in the trio of Wyrd Sisters. My favorite contribution of hers was delivering Time’s baby. Like TIME had a baby, and she delivered it. She was also quite popular when she was younger 😉 😉
Heres young Gytha Ogg!
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‘I wasn’t going to describe it quite like that,’ said Nanny Ogg.
‘Yes, I suspects you weren’t!’ said Granny. ‘I suspects you was going to use Language!’
the one good thing about my bus home being delayed by five hours is that i had time to reread both Thief of Time and Hogfather, and they're still two of the all-time Discworld bangers
Maskerade is so funny. In other Witches books, the Witches fight against evil monarchs, an evil witch, hordes of elves, and vampires. In Maskerade, they faff about in Ankh-Morpork and get involved in a Scooby Doo plot
Living rent free in my mind for the last ~2 weeks: the very specific way that Nigel Planer says "Gytha Ogg" while doing his Granny Weatherwax voice in the Discworld audiobooks.