The world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
My brand of fantasy is completely devoid of the traditional notions of magic as ritual. Instead I see the fantastic as a… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
The satisfaction of short fiction does not come close to the rich pleasure I get as a writer in the long deep… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Worry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I technically live in the desert - Los Angeles being an artificial oasis - but my interest stems even farther to my… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Even for the people who are color-blind to any degree, I believe their experience would also be affected [ in Lords of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Our world is so bursting-full of natural wonder that we are all experiencing a sensory overload. We are no longer perceiving all… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Consolation has been wrongly reviled. Consolation is not apathy or inaction. It is not closing one's eyes to the evils of the… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
It is interesting that we call something good a “dream,” but being called a “dreamer” is somewhat of a putdown. Without dreamers,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“Come, fly with me!" cried the goddess, as she sped ahead of them, her extremities flaming with a comet tail of sparks… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Love is made up of three unconditional properties in equal measure: 1. Acceptance 2. Understanding 3. Appreciation Remove any one of the… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface. The desert is a place of bones, where the innards… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
In Lords of Rainbow I start out by taking away color from the world, and in the process show color's vital place… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
In the desert, water gives life, while in the ocean an island stands to give anchor. Opposites are desirable and necessary. Once… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Clad in metaphor, the world becomes newborn to our senses, like a phoenix. It is the most effective fresh presentation of the… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
In some of my works I take away other elements of the world - normalcy, sex drive, sense of time, memory, a… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I relished the sweet sense of keeping a unique secret in my mind - a wonderful magical universe that I could go… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town! — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
“It's a fact— everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
“Meditation is a mysterious method of self-restoration. It involves “shutting” out the outside world, and by that means sensing the universal “presence” which is,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share
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