Books Quote by Kate Bornstein

“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

“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more. Mythology embodied…

— Charles de Lint

“Classical mythology has been so influential upon Western culture that everyone who is alive to the art,culture,politics, and languages of today encounters it.”

— Helen Morales

Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with…

— Amish Tripathi

“There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond…

— Aprilynne Pike

“Mythology and religion are relevant and remarkable, as they each represent imaginative truths – projections of human beings innermost desires – intermixed with fragments…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some…

— John Bierhorst

“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and…

— Jo Walton

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

— Joseph Campbell

“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness, inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology. But it is also born of the…

— Helen Morales

I am attracted to myths.

— Tina Turner

If you live with the myths in your mind, you will find yourself always in mythological situations. They cover everything that can happen to…

— Joseph Campbell