WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:47:33 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg elf – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 14, Lords and Ladies (1992) https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/30053/ https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/30053/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:18:08 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=30053 Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvelous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.


Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 14, Lords and Ladies (1992)
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