American hero Quote by Brandon McCartney

“All men have a legend because of death. Humanity wasn't legendary any longer: it was a myth.”

— Romain Gary

“human beings can’t be legends, being mortal,”

— Ali Smith

“For every culture-hero living out his myth, there must be a witness willing to pass the story on. Then”

— Michael Muhammad Knight

“What makes someone mythic is not whether or not he lived, or lived well, but whether or not he was larger than life. Mythic…

— Helen Morales

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

— John Boorman

“Legends simply don't live or die like men”

— Paul Levitz

“The fact is that you are more comfortable with myth than man.”

— Nikki Grimes

“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the meaning of…

— Javier Cazañ

“The closer one gets to realizing his Personal Legend, the more that Personal Legend becomes his true reason for being, thought the boy.”

— Paulo Coelho

“the thing I came for: [...] the thing itself and not the myth”

— Adrienne Rich

“He was an extraordinarily ugly person, Lilo thought, with the ugliness that only caricature can achieve. As repulsive as a twisted, stunted ghost from…

— John Varley

“I am pretty sure the myth of me Is better than the reality.”

— Stasia Ward Kehoe