“Magic is one thing, and reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits is another.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.' — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But there's magic too. You'll pick that up. It don't take much intelligence, otherwise wizards wouldn't be able to do it.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That's one form of magic, of course." "What, just knowing things?" "Knowing things that other people don't know. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But this didn't feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Everything is magic when you don’t know what it is. Your sliding rule is a magic wand to most people.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But can’t you just wave your hand and make all the dirt fly away, then?" [...] "That works, but only if you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A man walked across the moors from Razorback to Lancre town without seeing a single marshlight, head-less dog, strolling tree, ghostly coach… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Perhaps more importantly, the ants used all the sugar lumps they could steal to build a small sugar pyramid in one of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“You are not apprehensive, are you? I can't detect no trace of fear none whatsoever Roomy cranium all possible videos of all possible outcomes… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
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