- [repeated line]
- Multiple Characters: Did you get the number of that donkey cart?
- Twoflower: It is said that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork, but this is, in fact, incorrect. The truth is that all roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork.
- Rincewind: [about the Lecturer in Recent Runes] An old wizard who grew a beard mostly because shaving cream costs tuppence a bag.
- [about the Librarian, who was once human but was turned into an orangutan]
- Rincewind: Doesn't he want to be turned back into a human?
- Bursar: Nope.
- Lecturer in Recent Runes: Ha! Says he likes the long arms, the prehensile toes and the right to scratch himself in the reference section.
- Bursar: I say he just likes running around loose, not wearing trousers. I mean, I would.
- Rincewind: [about the Archchancellor] As far as leaders go, the only reason I'd follow him into battle is out of curiosity.
- Twoflower: The Shades is an area where curiosity not only kills the cat, but ties lead weights to its feet and throws it into the river.
- [Thomas Silverfish the alchemist has been telling Rincewind about his invention, which is basically film]
- Rincewind: Anyway, what are you going to call this new system?
- Thomas Silverfish: I'm not sure.
- Rincewind: Well, it's easy enough. What is their most unique characteristic?
- Thomas Silverfish: They're moving pictures that click.
- Rincewind: Well, there you go! Call them that.
- Thomas Silverfish: Of course. "Clickies". Thank you.
- Rincewind: "Clickies"?