Terry Pratchett on Easter
1948–2015 England
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Ninety per cent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
Night Watch (2002)
The senior wizard in a world of magic had the same prospects of long-term employment as a pogo stick tester in a minefield.
Moving Pictures (1990)
A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls.
“It’s the hope that’s important. Big part of belief, hope. Give people jam today and they’ll just sit and eat it. Jam tomorrow, now—that’ll keep them going forever.”
Hogfather (1996)
Too much magic could wrap time and space around itself, and that wasn't good news for the kind of person who had grown used to things like effects following things like causes.
Sourcery (1988)
Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in a world of their own, speak a specialized language and frequently make statements that appear to be in flagrant breach of common sense have nothing in common with a group of people who often dress strangely, speak a specialized language, live in … er ...
The Science of Discworld (1999)