Mythology Quotes - Page 3

Time slipped and slid around him, unanchored by any fact that could be verified. Perhaps it did not matter. 'Where does our story take place, and when?' asked Cocteau at the start of Orphée. 'It's the privilege of legends to be ageless. Comme il vous plaira. As you please.

The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame.

Quit Believing in Lies and Always Search For the Truth!

Oh. Now you are not so afraid, then?"
Kitty opened her mouth, indignant. "I was not afraid before! I was... shocked. How many times do you see your orphanage roommate be able to turn someone into stone?"
"Every time I look in the mirror.

Oftentimes lies are found in those closest to you and truth in perfect strangers

He turned to look at her. "We've some talking to do."
"Didn't we do that on the plane ride over here?"
"I doona remember talking. I remember kissing, touching, and many orgasms, but no talking.

So I'm not allowed to take responsibility for the whole world, but you are, huh?
Kees felt the corners of his mouth twitch and his heart squeeze and then melt. ...
I am bigger, he growled.
And she laughed.

So how did it go?
I sat on the toilet and ran a hand over my hair. Um... it's still going, I whispered.
It's still going? Then what are you doing calling me?
Well... it's just that...
What?
How could I put this? I can't find his penis.
Claire paused for half a second. How drunk are you?

I dropped my dress to the floor and sat on the sofa with renewed determination. This man was going to have sex with me whether he liked it or not.

I consider fantasy the heir of mythology, addressing a real human need to seek out answers to life’s many mysteries. It is a genre that can tell an entertaining and enthralling story on the surface, and yet deliver a potent message underneath, where everything becomes a symbol of something greater.

Mortals were such fickle creatures. They called into the dark, demanded answers and attention from forces they could not comprehend, and yet when they had that attention and those answers, they complained about them.

My death granted immortality.
With one look, I knew he’d be my undoing…” Forgotten, book #1 of the Fate Trilogy

Swords can’t solve every problem.

But are they heroes or mere dreamers?

Her physical beauty had initially caught my attention, but it was her spirit that imprisoned my heart and soul forever. - Jonathan

Believe reality is what you were taught was myth.

The belief that myths are somehow less true than the symbolic dream we call 'reality' may be the greatest myth of all.

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

I am death; I am this blood, these ravaged lands, and this wanton destruction.
– Panchali Draupadi

… the greatest mystery, the greatest wonder of creation is that we are capable of both relentless reason and boundless love ... It is not about what we are, but what we can become.
– Govinda Shauri