Disc World quotes that fit

Sir Terry Pratchett has such a wonderfully quirky sense of wording, I thought I'd like a spot to record some quotes that reflect things that are important to permaculture. They may be done from memory, so may not be precise - just close.

The Ramtops (mountains) have a lot of flat land. It's just it's vertical.  

“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”

― Terry Pratchett, Eric