--- title: "4 Fantastic Quotes By Vera Nazarian" description: "4 Fantastic quotes by Vera Nazarian. Plus more from Vera Nazarian and more Fantastic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/vera-nazarian-1671_brands_my-brand-of-fantasy-is-completely-devoid_1336881.jpg" --- > [My brand of fantasy is completely devoid of the traditional notions of magic as ritual. Instead I see the fantastic as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/my-brand-of-fantasy-is-completely-devoid-of-the-traditional-notions/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/vera-nazarian-1671_brands_my-brand-of-fantasy-is-completely-devoid_1336881.jpg) > [What we need in fantasy is the sudden balm of clarity - a temporary reprieve from life's white noise and clamor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/what-we-need-in-fantasy-is-the-sudden-balm-of-clarity-a-temporary/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/vera-nazarian-1671_clamor_what-we-need-in-fantasy-is-the-sudden-ba_1734795.png) > [It is right here, all of it, here for the taking, right before our eyes - happiness, fulfillment, hope, peace, justice. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-is-right-here-all-of-it-here-for-the-taking-right-before-our-eyes/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/vera-nazarian-1671_bits_it-is-right-here-all-of-it-here-for-the_2415479.jpg) > [What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/what-is-it-about-wearing-a-tuxedo-or-that-little-black-dress-that/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/vera-nazarian-1671_beautiful_what-is-it-about-wearing-a-tuxedo-or-tha_2905148.jpg) ## Other authors on Fantastic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/bill-gates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/ray-bradbury/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-steven-knight-2205.jpg) Steven Knight 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/steven-knight/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phil-collins-75204.jpg) Phil Collins 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/phil-collins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-radcliffe-26550.jpg) Daniel Radcliffe 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/daniel-radcliffe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benedict-cumberbatch-17072.jpg) Benedict Cumberbatch 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/benedict-cumberbatch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arnold-schwarzenegger-14772.jpg) Arnold Schwarzenegger 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/arnold-schwarzenegger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-serkis-13212.jpg) Andy Serkis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/andy-serkis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/richard-branson/) ## More by Vera Nazarian > [Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/why-is-wisdom-so-fair-why-is-beauty-so-wise-because-all-else-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-cactus-thrives-in-the-desert-while-the-fern-thrives-in-the/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/colored-lights-blink-on-and-off-racing-across-the-green-boughs-their/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-does-not-take-a-great-supernatural-heroine-or-magical-hero-to-save/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/here-s-a-new-blessing-for-our-time-may-anderson-cooper-never-be-sent/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-wake-up-from-a-dream-you-have-only-a-few-precious-moments/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-s-a-fact-everyone-is-ignorant-in-some-way-or-another-ignorance-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-does-not-matter-the-one-of-us/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/meditation-is-a-mysterious-method-of-self-restoration-it-involves/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-great-miraculous-bell-of-translucent-ice-is-suspended-in-mid-air/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/unlike-a-fountain-that-circulates-the-same-water-in-an-enclosed/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a-flair-my-teachers-said-wrote/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/one-sin-seldom-mentioned-is-that-of-killing-time/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-sand-in-the-hourglass-runs-from-one-compartment-to-the-other/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-reach-for-the-stars-you-are-reaching-for-the-farthest-thing/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/vera-nazarian/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fantastic Quotes By Vera Nazarian", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My brand of fantasy is completely devoid of the traditional notions of magic as ritual. 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