once again unequivocally lost in the sauce at the implication that younger vimes suspects that john keel!vimes is his dad who left when he was young. my favorite subtext of night watch i love the way it just sits there just out of focus

“But here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.”

Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a hard-boiled egg!

Happy glorious 25th of May to those who celebrate.

(Something something remembering those who fell, even if they did get up again…)

Meet the Death of Rats, the newest embroidery on my discworld jacket, finished just in time for the 25th of May. ^^

Happy Glorious 25th!

Glorious 25th of may!

Not much but I wanted to do at least something.

GNU Terry Pratchett

'You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favour,' said Vimes. 'And to protect the innocent. That's all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. Nothing in there about orders, even from me. You're an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government.'

Sam Vimes, Night Watch.

John Keel, Billy Wiglet, Horace Nancyball, Dai Dickins, Cecil 'Snouty’ Clapman, Ned Coates and, technically, Reg Shoe. Probably there were no more than twenty people in the city now who knew all the names, because there were no statues, no monuments, nothing written down anywhere. You had to have been there. He felt privileged to have been there twice.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

How dare you? How dare you! At this time! In this place! They did the job they didn’t have to do, and they died doing it, and you can’t give them anything. Do you understand? They fought for those who’d been abandoned, they fought for one another, and they were betrayed. Men like them always are. What good would a statue be? It’d just inspire new fools to believe they’re going to be heroes. They wouldn’t want that. Just let them be. For ever.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (via theshepherdscrown)

Yes, thought Vimes. That’s the way it was. Privilege, which just means private law. Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (via theshepherdscrown)

The Glorious 25th of May (GNU Terry Pratchett)

Happy Glorious 25th of May, Discworlders! May your lilacs bloom and your angels rise up high!

Oh, and GNU Terry Pratchett of course :)

The Night Watch quote I've been carrying in my heart this year is Lilac was common in the city. It was vigorous and hard to kill and had to be. Every time this fucking country starts wearing me down. I am vigorous and hard to kill and have to be. I am the memory of all my loved ones who are no longer part of this fight and I am the promise that this will not be forgotten. I am the knowledge that we may not have truth yet, or justice, or freedom, but we can probably have reasonably priced love and the trust and camaraderie of those around us, and we can damn well have breakfast. How do we rise up?