-->"And he thought, I've just told a goblin not to be frightened of my son because he loves her and the world has turned upside down and all sins are forgiven, except possibly mine."

* "Thank you for believing that [we] have names."
* The reason Ms. Beedle is so close to the goblins: Her mother was happily raised by goblins until about the age of 11 when a group of humans found her amongst the goblins and slaughtered them. They then proceeded to try and reeducate her, beating her anytime she spoke goblin, until she eventually escaped.
* This entirely necessary [[AnAesop moral]]:
-->"Do you know what that little speech you made was called, Mr. Feeney?"
-->"Don't know, sir, it's just what I think."
-->"It was called redemption, Mr. Feeney. Hold on to it."
* Wee Mad Arthur's discovery of the pile of goblin bones and bodies at the tobacco plantation in Howondaland, as well as one still living, mutilated goblin slave who is beyond help. The normally humorous-toned Arthur stoically ends its suffering.
* In-universe, Vetinari claims Pastor Oats' ethnography of the Goblin race had him in tears.
* Soul of Tear pots. During times of great hardship, goblin mothers will [[OffingTheOffspring eat their young]] for the sake of survival. She'll then make a special unggue pot to hold her tears, sending it away in hopes that the soul of her child will be reborn in better times.
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