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"Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up through a savage storm, the wind threatening to tear me off and throw me into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan far below. Yes, I was using a legendary and enchanted means of travel to transcend the border between one dimension and the next, and on my way to an epic struggle between ancient and elemental forces.But all i could think to say, between panting breaths, was, "Yeah. Sure. They couldn't possibly have made this an escalator."
Jim Butcher
"Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up through a savage storm, the wind threatening to tear me off and throw me into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan far below. Yes, I was using a legendary and enchanted means of travel to transcend the border between one dimension and the next, and on my way to an epic struggle between ancient and elemental forces.But all i could think to say, between panting breaths, was, "Yeah. Sure. They couldn't possibly have made this an escalator."
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"Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter."
J. R. R. Tolkien
"Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter."
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"The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters."
Shawn Ashmore
"The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters."
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"I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'."
Terry Goodkind
"I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'."
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"There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing."
Sean Connery
"There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing."
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"Did you know, ji,' Zulu offered, 'that the map of Tolkien's Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst."
Salman Rushdie
"Did you know, ji,' Zulu offered, 'that the map of Tolkien's Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst."
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"Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity."
Vladimir Nabokov
"Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity."
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"Children have always liked the princess story, but they never knew what was her name. I think the princess was, is and will always be you."
Amit Kalantri
"Children have always liked the princess story, but they never knew what was her name. I think the princess was, is and will always be you."
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"Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends."
Robin Wright Penn
"Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends."
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"Oliver paused for a few seconds, then leaned forward with his elbows braced on his knees, pale hands dangling. "When I was . . . transformed, I thought in the beginning that I could stay with those mortals I loved. It isn't smart. You should understand this by now. We stay apart for a reason."You stay apart so you don't feel guilty for doing what it is you do, I shot back. "I'm not like you. I'll never be like you. Best of all, I don't have to be."
Rachel Caine
"Oliver paused for a few seconds, then leaned forward with his elbows braced on his knees, pale hands dangling. "When I was . . . transformed, I thought in the beginning that I could stay with those mortals I loved. It isn't smart. You should understand this by now. We stay apart for a reason."You stay apart so you don't feel guilty for doing what it is you do, I shot back. "I'm not like you. I'll never be like you. Best of all, I don't have to be."
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"Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human."
Terry Pratchett
"Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human."
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"I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker."
George Eads
"I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker."
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"Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise."
Frank Langella
"Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise."
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"I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes."
Jeri Ryan
"I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes."
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"It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered."
J. R. R. Tolkien
"It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered."
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"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."
Lewis Carroll
"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."
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"When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it."
Lance Henriksen
"When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it."
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"Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper."
Jim Capaldi
"Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper."
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"An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest hours."
Rachel Caine
"An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest hours."
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"One faerie - and then we were free. Just on more swing of my arm. And maybe one more after that - maybe one more swing, up and inward and into my own heart."
Sarah J. Maas
"One faerie - and then we were free. Just on more swing of my arm. And maybe one more after that - maybe one more swing, up and inward and into my own heart."
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"It's not that they're small, the fair folk. Especially not the queen of them all, Mab of the flashing eyes and the slow smile with lips that can conjure your heart under the hills for a hundred years. It's not that they're small. It's that we're so far away."
Neil Gaiman
"It's not that they're small, the fair folk. Especially not the queen of them all, Mab of the flashing eyes and the slow smile with lips that can conjure your heart under the hills for a hundred years. It's not that they're small. It's that we're so far away."
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"I'm not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don't get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever."
Colleen Hoover
"I'm not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don't get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever."
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"Michael had to pound me a couple of times to convince me not to go stage a rescue." Shane shrugged. "He hits like a girl, for a vampire."
Rachel Caine
"Michael had to pound me a couple of times to convince me not to go stage a rescue." Shane shrugged. "He hits like a girl, for a vampire."
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"If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons."
Ilona Andrews
"If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons."
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"I don't know about black or white magic I just know one type and that is your magic."
M.F. Moonzajer
"I don't know about black or white magic I just know one type and that is your magic."
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"I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy."
Marilyn Monroe
"I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy."
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"It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover."
Deana Carter
"It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover."
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"But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it."
Shelley Duvall
"But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it."
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"I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever."
Jonathan Carroll
"I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever."
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"Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be."
Stephen King
"Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be."
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"What's a Dullahan?''He's a headless horseman, in the service of the banshee.''Headless?''Yes.''Seriously?''Yes.''So he has no head?''That's usually what headless means.''No head at all?''You're really getting hung up on this headless thing, aren't you?''It's just kind of silly, even for us.''Yet you spend your days with a living skeleton.''But at least he has a head.''True.''He even has a spare."
Derek Landy
"What's a Dullahan?''He's a headless horseman, in the service of the banshee.''Headless?''Yes.''Seriously?''Yes.''So he has no head?''That's usually what headless means.''No head at all?''You're really getting hung up on this headless thing, aren't you?''It's just kind of silly, even for us.''Yet you spend your days with a living skeleton.''But at least he has a head.''True.''He even has a spare."
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"Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo."
David Mitchell
"Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo."
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"Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end."
George R. R. Martin
"Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end."
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"Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us."
Dustin Hoffman
"Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us."
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"I've seen you burn trained vampires to a crisp and swat supernatural beings away with your wings as if they were insects bothering you, and my driving is terrifying?""Well it's not good."
Katie Reus
"I've seen you burn trained vampires to a crisp and swat supernatural beings away with your wings as if they were insects bothering you, and my driving is terrifying?""Well it's not good."
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"I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. (...) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all."
George R. R. Martin
"I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. (...) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all."
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"It's my job, to create a fantasy."
Anne Heche
"It's my job, to create a fantasy."
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"Fantasy football is not only a good thing, but a great thing."
Jay Mohr
"Fantasy football is not only a good thing, but a great thing."
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"Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!"
Jim Butcher
"Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!"
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"I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?"
Rainbow Rowell
"I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?"
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"Sienna, meet Zacharel. He's a warrior angel for the One, True Deity. Zacharel, meet Sienna. She's mine."
Gena Showalter
"Sienna, meet Zacharel. He's a warrior angel for the One, True Deity. Zacharel, meet Sienna. She's mine."
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"The well-intentioned mothers who don't want their children polluted by fairy tales would not only deny them their childhood, with its high creativity, but they would have them conform to the secular world, with its dirty devices. The world of fairy tale, fantasy, myth, is inimical to the secular world, and in total opposition to it, for it is interested not in limited laboratory proofs but in truth."
Madeleine L'Engle
"The well-intentioned mothers who don't want their children polluted by fairy tales would not only deny them their childhood, with its high creativity, but they would have them conform to the secular world, with its dirty devices. The world of fairy tale, fantasy, myth, is inimical to the secular world, and in total opposition to it, for it is interested not in limited laboratory proofs but in truth."
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"This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit.""Yes, He tasted quite delicious."
Brandon Sanderson
"This lot won't suffer you forever.I wouldn't see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you Wit.""Yes, He tasted quite delicious."
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"All fantasy should have a solid base in reality."
Max Beerbohm
"All fantasy should have a solid base in reality."
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"That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells,and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells,and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
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"I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl."
Ilona Andrews
"I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl."
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"I am sensual and very physical. I'm very erotic. But my sexuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level."
Donna Summer
"I am sensual and very physical. I'm very erotic. But my sexuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level."
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"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys."
Mark Akenside
"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys."
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"One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me."
Lisa Kudrow
"One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me."
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"See, those who wield the primordial forces of creation have a long-running grudge with physics."
Jim Butcher
"See, those who wield the primordial forces of creation have a long-running grudge with physics."
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