--- description: The Discworld creator wrote more than 70 books title: Terry Pratchett: The Wit and Wisdom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Wit and Wisdom of Terry Pratchett  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 13, 2015 2:53 PM CUT  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 13, 2015 2:53 PM CUT As the world mourns the loss of fantasy author Terry Pratchett, who died Thursday at the age of 66 after a battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, here are some of his witty and memorable quotes. --- > “” --- **Read next:** [Terry Pratchett’s last tweet was heartbreakingly final](http://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3743917/terry-pratchett-quotes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3743917/terry-pratchett-quotes/"},"headline":"The Wit and Wisdom of Terry Pratchett","datePublished":"2015-03-13T14:53:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:08:39.154Z","description":"\"Death isn't cruel, merely terribly, terribly good at his job\"","url":"https://time.com/3743917/terry-pratchett-quotes/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naina Bajekal","jobTitle":"Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3743917/terry-pratchett-quotes/","name":"The Wit and Wisdom of Terry Pratchett"}}]}] ```