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title: "4 Literature Fantasy Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I think literature is somehow both a fantasy and a reality we should all get back to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-warren-jones/i-think-literature-is-somehow-both-a-fantasy-and-a-reality-we-should/)

[Shane Warren Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-warren-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/shane-warren-jones-49552_books_i-think-literature-is-somehow-both-a-fan_142434.jpg)

> [Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-salvatore-2/science-fiction-is-the-ugly-stepchild-of-mainstream-literature-and/)

[R. A. Salvatore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-salvatore-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/r-a-salvatore-2-12849_books_science-fiction-is-the-ugly-stepchild-of_379861.jpg)

> [I saw literature as a fantasy, no less absorbing for all its irrelevance - a parallel life, as dreams shadow waking but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-white/i-saw-literature-as-a-fantasy-no-less-absorbing-for-all-its/)

[Edmund White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/edmund-white-2376_absorbing_i-saw-literature-as-a-fantasy-no-less-ab_1072700.png)

> [“They seek neither truth nor likelihood; they seek astonishment. They think metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/they-seek-neither-truth-nor-likelihood-they-seek-astonishment-they/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/jorge-luis-borges-275_books_they-seek-neither-truth-nor-likelihood-t_1352634.jpg)

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