Myths, it transpired, are stronger than anyone could have…

“I am more vulnerable than I thought, but much stronger than I ever imagined.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Fame came at me a lot quicker and stronger than I imagined.

— James Holzhauer

I always knew there was power in the earth, but it must be much stronger than I imagined to resist such a relentless foe,…

— Darren Shan

“I began to recognize that there was a part of me that was stronger than I ever could have imagined. I didn't know how…

— Elizabeth Berrien

“Any large-scale human cooperation - whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe - is rooted in common…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“you cannot organise masses of people effectively without relying on some fictional myths.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively. We can weave common myths such as the biblical creation…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Judicial systems are rooted in common legal myths.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The ancient Numantians are to this day Spain’s paragons of heroism and patriotism, cast as role models for the country’s young people. Yet Spanish…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“For hero-worship often defeats its own ends; the boy who "cannot tell a lie," the boy who kept his finger in the hole in…

— Leon Ma. Guerrero

We overhype everything. We create monumental myths. There are people who still believe that Brandi Chastain and the U.S. women's World Cup team pulled…

— Jason Whitlock

All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament.

— Ray Bradbury

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

— Mason Cooley

When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan