"There's a lot of waiting in warfare."
"Ah, yes. I've heard people say that. They say there's long periods of boredom followed by short periods of excitement."
"Not really. It's more like short periods of waiting followed by long periods of being dead."

Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times


"What're quantum mechanics?"
"I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose."

Terry Pratchett
Faust Eric