fascination quotes

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.

I’m fascinated by the fact that we can’t grasp anything about time.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

To be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I’d be… it’s really, you know, still fascinating for me.

I’ve always been fascinated by everything with wings.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

I’ve always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It’s the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever was one.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.

For instance, I’m always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.