Quote by Terry Pratchett

The where the story happened was a world on the back of four elephants perched on the shell of a giant turtle. That's the advantage of space. It's big enough to hold practically , and so, eventually, it does.People think that it is strange to have a turtle ten thousand miles long and an elephant more than two thousand miles tall, which just shows that the human brain is ill-adapted for thinking and was probably originally designed for cooling the blood. It believes mere size is .There's nothing amazing about size. Turtles are amazing, and elephants are quite astonishing. But the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle .


The where the story happened was a world on the back of four

Summary

This quote, from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, highlights the concept of the vastness of space and how it can accommodate various imaginative elements. The quote captures the idea that in the expansive realm of space, the possibilities for extraordinary creatures and settings are endless. It also suggests that humans, with their limited thinking capacity, might struggle to fully grasp the wonders of the universe. The underlying message seems to be that size alone is not what makes something remarkable; it is the existence of these extraordinary beings and phenomena that truly amazes us.

By Terry Pratchett
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