"The Last Continent" Quotes
Rincewind the inept wizard finds himself stranded in a bizarre, magical version of Australia, where he must unwittingly save the land from destruction while surviving its many absurd dangers.
fantasy | 416 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Rincewind hadn't run away from the world. He'd run away from himself. It was, after all, what he did best.
The desert was a paradox. It could kill with its hot dryness during the day and freeze with its cold dryness at night. But it was life that thrived in between.
A wizard can do things because he knows the right words. An engineer can do things because he knows the right numbers. A witch can do things because she knows the right way to think.
The sand was hissing in the wind now. It had built up into a sandstorm, a roaring, seething monster with a life of its own.
It was amazing how many people lived in the bush. There were dozens of them, at least.
He could see a million stars, and each one was a world, and each world had its own life, and each life had its own soul.
The city was a labyrinth, a puzzle with no solution, a riddle with no answer. It was a place where you could get lost and never find your way back.
The sun was a golden disc in the sky, a blazing eye that watched over the world.
Time was like a river, flowing endlessly from the past to the future, carrying with it the memories of all that had been.
The wind whispered through the trees, a soft, gentle voice that spoke of secrets and mysteries.
