Awe and Amazement Quotes in The Color of Magic

How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Why the troll? he asked himself. Everything else is just my usual luck, but why the troll? What the hell is going on? (2.3.19)

Even Rincewind can be amazed now and again. Sure, his amazement is mostly the result of dreading his particular brand of luck but amazement all the same.

Quote #5

On the whole, the unpleasant carvings and occasional disjointed skeletons he passed held no fears for Hrun. This was partly because he was not exceptionally bright while being at the same time exceptionally unimaginative, but it was also because odd carvings and perilous tunnels were all in a day's work. (2.7.3)

Hrun is never really amazed at anything. Part of this is because he's so well-traveled already, but mostly it stems from his utter lack of imagination. The guy can't even think up a box, let alone consider what's outside it.

Quote #6

Rincewind thought he could see a faint streak in the air, as if something from the mountain had reached out and touched the beast. He got the strange feeling that the dragon was being made more genuine. (3.10.58)

Here, we connect the awe of the imagination to the theme of power. The dragons are awe-inspiring because they are creatures of imagination, and creatures of imagination because they are awe-inspiring.