“Paris and Helen He called her: golden dawn She called him: the wind whistles He called her: heart of the sky She… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
Photography is there to construct the idea of us as a great family and we go on vacations and take these pictures… — Larry Sultan Copy Share Image
“Because the creator of all the worlds cannot be a participant in worldly matters. Gods are the detached operators of the contents… — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
The most interesting to me were Doctor Strange, because he was so mystic, and Thor, because that was really cool. I mean,… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
Studios are so used to digital now and there is a mythology that it's cheaper. But it's really not cheaper. For instance,… — Don Scardino Copy Share Image
“I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“An interesting contrast between the geology of the present day and that of half a century ago, is presented by the complete… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Then the woman in the bed sat up and looked about her with wild eyes; and the oldest of the old men… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
Freudian psychoanalytical theory is a mythology that answers pretty well to Levi-Strauss's descriptions. It brings some kind of order into incoherence; it,… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He,… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
I think Jesus is a fact of history. I think a man named Jesus of Nazareth lived and was crucified. I think… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“It must be understood that in some cases the process by which a god or goddess degenerates into a fairy may occupy… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
As every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If we can’t puncture some of the mythology around austerity, politics or tax cuts or the mythology that’s been built up around… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a current mythology in our culture that anytime we meet someone and have that "enchanted evening" experience, that experience of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“The fervor and single-mindedness of this deification probably have no precedent in history. It's not like Duvalier or Assad passing the torch… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I quickly dropped my hands and changed the subject. "So those two who visited me the other night. Who were they?" I… — Robin Burks Copy Share Image
“The story of Eve and the serpent, and of Noah and his ark, drops to a level with the Arabian Tales, without… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“LOOK, I’M ONLY IN THIS FOR THE PIZZA. The publisher was like, “Oh, you did such a great job writing about the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our… — John Frederick Nims Copy Share Image
A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
Seán Manchester is, unsurprisingly, very well read in both classical and more recent sources on vampires and vampirism, and cites them with… — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
“It is one thing for modern educated people to feel they must believe these old stories as factual when science proves otherwise.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
“She was prepared for him to shut her down, when Behr shrugged a shoulder and said, “Yeah, sounds good. I think it’s… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
The collective unconscious appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
An indigenous culture with sufficient territory, and bilingual and intercultural education, is in a better position to maintain and cultivate its mythology… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
“When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus… — Ovid Copy Share Image
“A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Her sister Lea had an ancient book of myths and legends, and there was all kinds of info in there - of… — Bethany Lovell Copy Share Image
The mythology around colorblindness leads people to imagine that if poor kids of color are failing or getting locked up in large… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Do you see those dull stars?" She outlined the formation with her finger. "A pentagram," whispered Scott. "Yes, but not just any… — Katie Mattie Copy Share Image
It is impossible to repristinate a past world picture by sheer resolve, especially a mythical world picture, now that all of our… — Rudolf Bultmann Copy Share Image
“Unlike the ancients, modern man does not see Mother Earth as some kind of goddess like Gaia, the ancestral mother of all… — Barista Uno Copy Share Image
Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Jeez, Nico," I said. "I've… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past… Each… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood, consumed by… — Virgil Copy Share Image
“I’m… “ I stop, at a loss. Griffin lifts his eyebrows. “Inarticulate at the moment?” Scowling, I thwack him in the chest.… — Amanda Bouchet Copy Share Image