"Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools."

Mythology, Story, Myth, Truth, Fantasy

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"Whilst Adam slept Eve from his side arose Strange his first sleep would be his last repose."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Mythology, Sleep, Rest

"The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Mythology, Earth, Nature, Disaster, Humor

"A mythological image that has to be explained to the brain is not working."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

Mythology, Myth, Interpretation, Thought, Understanding

"Eve left Adam to meet the Devil in private."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Mythology, Devil, Conflict, Choice

"I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta."Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Mythology, Truth, Happiness, Power, Regret

"I learned the Norse gods came with their own doomsday: Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, the end of it all. The gods were going to battle the frost giants, and they were all going to die.Had Ragnarok happened yet? Was it still to happen? I did not know then. I am not certain now."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Mythology, End, Uncertainty, Truth

"Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set the scorpion on up in the sky. I'm not ruthless. I merely do whatever it takes to achive my goalsThat's not ruthless?"

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Mythology, Goal, Myth, Effort, Reward

"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

George Eliot, British Author

Mythology, Order, Chaos, Love, Myth

"If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Mythology, Humor, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Mythology, Repetition, Myth, Humanity, Innocence

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

Duty

"Strength to your arm, then."

Motivation

"My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit."

Humor

"Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. Her eyes were pale, her mouth stern, her voice a whip. She cracked it now."

Character

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

Courage

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

Creativity

"A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

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"Whilst Adam slept Eve from his side arose Strange his first sleep would be his last repose."

"The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games."

"A mythological image that has to be explained to the brain is not working."

"Eve left Adam to meet the Devil in private."

"I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta."Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird."

"I learned the Norse gods came with their own doomsday: Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, the end of it all. The gods were going to battle the frost giants, and they were all going to die.Had Ragnarok happened yet? Was it still to happen? I did not know then. I am not certain now."

"Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set the scorpion on up in the sky. I'm not ruthless. I merely do whatever it takes to achive my goalsThat's not ruthless?"

"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

"If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor."

"From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story."

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

"Strength to your arm, then."

"My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit."

"There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it."

"Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well."

"In this world the weak are the victims of the strong."

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

"A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."