"Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense."

Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense.

Then Carrot said, "It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain. That's what they say."

"What?" Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. "Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

(About sweeping)....
What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.

Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.