"Aren't all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth.Pandora's box is a story parents read to their children at night, she countered. "That means life itself is afairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after."

Mythology, Myth, Life, Love, Story

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"Aren't all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth.Pandora's box is a story parents read to their children at night, she countered. "That means life itself is afairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after."

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"My Lasher is powerful beyond yourdreams of a daimon, and he has learnt much.''Learned,' I repeated in amazement. 'How learned, Deborah, for he is merely a spirit, and they areforever foolish and therein lies the danger, that in granting our wishes they do not understand thecomplexity of them, and thereby prove our undoing. There are a thousand tales that prove it. Has this nothappened? How so do you say learned?"

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Mythology, Spirit, Danger, Power, Myth

"She's as old as the hills, evil as a snake, all malevolence and magic and death."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Mythology, Myth, Magic, Power, Evil

"It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat; and this I can verily believe as I gaze upon him who sitteth purring before the fire. For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroë and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungle's lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language; but he is more ancient than the Sphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

Mythology, Myth, Animals, Observation, Truth

"Gaea? Leo shook his head. "Isn't that Mother Nature? She's supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry."Leo, that's Snow White, Piper said."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Mythology, Humor, Truth, Happiness

"Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts. Think of them and remember that somewhere, sometime, they've all been real."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Mythology, Memory, Myth, Fear, Reality

"Surely the Gods did not bring me safe through fire and sea only to kill me with a flux."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Mythology, Fate, Survival, Power, Struggle

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

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Mythology, Story, Myth, Truth, Fantasy

"Hades does not have a runny nose. I know this. The entire Greek pantheon no doubt knows this. For some reason, my nose is unaware of this basic fact of mythology."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

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

Joseph Campbell, American Author

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"The holy word is story, and story is the holy word."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

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Suffering

"Just in case you get any ideas, know that I'll be sleeping with a can of Mace in one hand and pepper spray in the other. - KatieJorlan's expression turned mocking. "Just in case you get any ideas, know that I'll be sleeping with a feather in one hand and massage oil in the other."

Protection

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I might be a vampire so I don't give a shit. I'll heal."

Resilience

"A man and wife should see the best in each other, should work together, should enjoy each other."

Marriage

"I may remember you, Scarlet, he bellowed, backing up when she grabbed her fork and held it out like a dagger. She'd murdered men with less. Even immortals. "But you haven't haunted me. Motions stiff, he raised his shirt. Amid the cuts, above his heart, was a tattoo of eyes. Dark eyes. Like hers. "Don't you see? You haven't haunted me.""

Memory

"Legion hissed like a startled cat, the noise scraping at Reyes's skin. "Me no boy. You think me a boy?Everyone stopped, stared. Even Aeron.Reyes was the first to find his voice. "You're a girl?A nod. "Me pretty."Yes, you are. Reyes exchanged a glance with Lucien. "Beautiful."

Identity

"One day, Dane snarled, "I'm going to put your nuts in a grinder and make a testicle salad sandwich."

Conflict

"How does fear become so powerful? We can't see it. We can't touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control us. Sigh. I hate feeling afraid, and I hate, hate, HATE feeling out of control."

Fear

"I pictured the two of them alone. Perhaps showering together, as Rome and I liked to do. My stomach clenched painfully, amusement forgotten. "Cody, will you take me to the nearest clinic? I need someone to dig the knife out of my back. Lexis might need it again. And the good doctor might want to give me a tetanus shot. I think she bled on me. Stunned silence. I often had that effect."

Betrayal

"And the peace! The most magnificent peace. I lose myself in a place where time no longer exists and nothing is impossible. I can do anything I imagine. I can fight and win any war. Nothing frightens me, because I know I'm here for a reason; and I'm not alone. I have friends in high places. Friends here. Friends up there. Victory is mine."

Confidence