Conditions Quote by Stephen R. Donaldson

Everyone has monsters and demons within themselves. They're metaphors for the human condition.

— Mark Pellegrino

Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose.

— Francesca Lia Block

Humans need fantasy in order to be human.

— Terry Pratchett

Having a magical element in a realistic setting without explanation seems to me to be the hallmark of fairy tales, which present us with…

— Laurie Foos

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

“Good fantasy fiction: ... explores real human conditions through fantastic metaphors which universalize the characters' individual experiences to speak personally to us all.”

— Laura Resnick

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

— M. H. Abrams

A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic.

— Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin

I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to…

— Deborah Harkness

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

— James Geary

The metaphors exist for the stories.

— Kurt Busiek

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

— Joseph Campbell