Terry Pratchett Quotes

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

Every experience has its element of magic.

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

The unknown always passes for the marvellous.

Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the inseparable attendants of imposture.

When you understand things, there's no more magic.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

The magic of creation has always fascinated me.

I've always been so attracted to magic.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing.

Wonder is the first of all the passions.

My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.