Terry Pratchett Quotes

You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.

The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery.

To practice magic is to bear the responsibility for having a vision.

He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley's house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

That's the perennial appeal of magic - that we ourselves have power and we can shape our world. I sometimes think its very analogous to having a lot of money that people think - 'cause that's kind of like a super power.

...magic was ugly—-a hard bargain with the universe, a calculus of pain.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

I put the ick in magic.

Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.

To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality.

Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.

Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic.

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.

Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure.

I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard.

Yeah, I believe in all the wild, witchcraft stuff. I don't like to dabble in that, but I believe they all know something.