# Quote — Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

> Greebo's technique was unscientific and wouldn't have stood a chance against any decent swordsmanship, but on his side was the fact that it is almost impossible to develop decent swordsmanship when you seem to have run into a food mixer that is biting your ear off. (p. 312)

- Author: [Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md)
- Book: [Witches Abroad](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad.md)
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## More from this book

> Death put down his drink and stepped forward.

p. 325 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/death-put-down.md)

> Granny stepped forward, her eyes two sapphires of bitterness. "I'm goin' to give you the hidin' our Mam never gave you, Lily Weatherwax. Not with magic, not with headology, not with a stick like our Dad had, aye, and he used a fair bit as I recall—but with skin. And not because you was the bad one. Not because you meddled with stories. Everyone has a path they got to tread. But because, and I wants you to understand this prop'ly, after you went I had to be the good one. You had all the fun. An' there's no way I can make you pay for that, Lily, but I'm surely goin' to give it a try..."

p. 337 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/granny-stepped-forward.md)

> You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. (p. 305)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/you-cant-go-around.md)