Amazin'.' he said again. 'He just looks as though he's thinking, right?'
'Er...yes.'
'But he's not actually thinking?'
'Er...no.'
'So...he just gives the impression of thinking but really it's just a show?'
'Er...yes.'
Just like everyone else, then really,' said Ridcully

You want fantasy? Here's one... There's this species that lives on a planet a few miles above molten rock and a few miles below a vacuum that'd suck the air right out of them. They live in a brief geological period between ice ages, when giant asteroids have temporarily stopped smacking into the surface. As far as they can tell, there's nowhere else in the universe where they could stay alive for ten seconds.
And what do they call their fragile little slice of space and time? They call it real life.

If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even sitting down, you had to stand out.

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.