# Quote — Terry Pratchett, The Carpet People

> 'But we should kill him!'
>
> 'No. You've been listen to Brocando too often,' said Bane.
>
> Brocando bristled. 'You know what he is! Why not kill--' he began, but he was interrupted.
>
> 'Because it doesn't matter what he is. It matters what we are.'

- Author: [Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md)
- Book: [The Carpet People](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/the-carpet-people.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett#The_Carpet_People_(1971%3B_1992)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md), [character](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/character.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/the-carpet-people/but-we-should

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