If anybody really believed the things I did on stage, they wouldn't clap, they'd scream.
如果大家把我的表演当真，就不会鼓掌，只会尖叫。

You never understood... why we did this. The audience knows the truth. The world is simple, miserable, solid all the way through. But if you can fool them, even for a second... then you can make them wonder. And you get to see something very special. ... You really don't know. ... It was the look on their faces.
你不懂我们为什么要变魔术？观众知道真相。现实既残酷又悲惨。没有奇迹，没有魔法。但是如果你能骗倒他们，即使只有一秒钟，就能让他们惊叹，然后你就能… 然后你就能看到非常特别的事。你真的不知道吗？那就是观众脸上的表情。

The sacrifice... that's the price of a good trick.
自我牺牲才是精彩魔术的代价。

The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything.
魔术的秘密没啥了不起，变魔术的技巧才重要。