April 28th: Terry Pratchett's birthday

Terry Pratchett was born on this date in 1948. To celebrate his birthday here are 10 Terry Pratchett quotes.

Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower...

1. Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
2. Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
3. Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
4. Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.
5. It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called life.
6. Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
7. In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
8. Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.
9. Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
10. Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.