Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind, secretly lives on… — Walter Benjamin
You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something… — Ilona Andrews
The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. — Stephen King
What does all this mean finally, I kept asking like a college kid. Why does it make me want to cry? Maybe it’s that we… — Anne Rice
There is no one religion, no one truth and no myth lacks meaning — Cassandra Clare
YOU YOU YOU your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook crackling and yellow, curling at the edges a book of myths in which i… — Clint Catalyst
It's what's known as an origin myth. What happened to me? That's no myth. — Meg Cabot
Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own… — Thomas Merton
It has been said that the myth is a public dream, dreams are private myths. Unfortunately we give our mythic side scant attention these days.… — Mary Zimmerman
As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated… — Theodor Adorno
Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a story parents read… — Gena Showalter
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber,… — Susan Cain
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good unless you can… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they… — John Green
The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the… — Muriel Spark
Cacus.” I’d had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn’t know. It’s a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling… — Rick Riordan
That is the Mongolian creation myth: out of two different natures love is born. In contradiction, love grows in strength. In confrontation and transformation, love… — Paulo Coelho
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden… — C.S. Lewis
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense—words… — Libba Bray
I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay,… — David Levithan
People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History — Libba Bray
Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell… — Harvey Milk
myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth — Anais Nin
What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was… — Chinua Achebe

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