Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men “‘Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it.’ ‘No, actually it isn't,’ said Tiffany. ‘Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.’”
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are we including elephants?
sep 10, 2025, 9:05 pm • 0 0 • view
One of my favorite Tiffany quotes. Let’s you know right off who she is
sep 1, 2025, 7:55 pm • 4 0 • view
Crivens!
sep 1, 2025, 2:28 am • 2 0 • view
This would be a good year to quote from The Shepherd’s Crown. Here’s one for Ashli Babbitt- “If’n people do wrong things, well, why would they be surprised if bad things then happened to them? “
sep 1, 2025, 1:39 am • 2 0 • view
One of my favorite lines ever.
aug 31, 2025, 9:55 pm • 2 0 • view
I groaned when I saw the Tiffany books labeled as "for kids," but she quickly became one of my favorite characters in the entire series
aug 31, 2025, 7:06 pm • 15 0 • view
My all-time favorite passages from Pterry's work are in I Shall Wear Midnight - the Rough Music and the excellent death of the old Baron.
sep 1, 2025, 5:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Distinctly, NOT for kids, especially I Shall Wear Midnight...
sep 1, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, I was the same. And the books are even better on a reread.
aug 31, 2025, 8:15 pm • 6 0 • view
I think I love the Wee Free Men even more than Tiffany. Rob Anybody forever! 💙
sep 1, 2025, 12:33 am • 6 0 • view
Crivens! ✊️💙
sep 1, 2025, 1:01 am • 3 0 • view
That deserves a dram of special sheep liniment 🥃
sep 1, 2025, 6:28 am • 4 0 • view
And we all stood up and cheered when we read this bit.
sep 1, 2025, 12:25 am • 2 0 • view
One of the most autistic answers ever 😄❤️
sep 2, 2025, 7:53 am • 1 0 • view
😅 One of my favorites
aug 31, 2025, 6:52 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm listening to The Wee Free Men right now. And the description of F-land, a tick that just takes and takes and never puts any joy back into the world, is ... well, we've elected too many damn elves for too many damn centuries.
sep 2, 2025, 4:18 am • 5 0 • view
and every child who has ever been condescended to by an adult - which is all of them - is immediately fully on board with Tiffany
aug 31, 2025, 6:54 pm • 277 7 • view
Every adult who remembers being that child too. I started reading a book on photography exposure written in that same attitude and glad I was not the one who paid for that book.
aug 31, 2025, 8:25 pm • 11 0 • view
Based on some of his afterwords, I get the impression that Tiffany is one of Terry's more autobiographical characters, personality-wise.
aug 31, 2025, 10:57 pm • 7 0 • view
Tiffany felt so similar to me when younger and I love her fiercely for it
aug 31, 2025, 6:56 pm • 21 0 • view