Quote: on national identity

The three witches, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, are talking about the concept that states/kingdoms have their own, individual identity.


'Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.', Nanny said.

'That's just about land,' said Granny. 'It's not the same as a kingdom. A kingdom is made up of-all sorts of things. Ideas. Loyalties. Memories, It all sort of exists together. And then all these things create some kind of life. Not a body kind of life, more like a living idea. Made up of everything that's alive and what they're thinking. And what the people before them thought.'

(From Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett)