419 Quotes About Myth

Only to a magician is the world forever fluid, infinitely mutable and eternally new. Only he knows the secret of change, only he knows truly that all things are crouched in eagerness to become something else, and it is from this universal tension that he draws his power.

Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.

A Tinker's Debt is Always Paid:Once for a simple trade.Twice for freely given aid.Thrice for any insult made.

The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change.

To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore.

But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart? 

You make the rarest canvas, love

All myths are stories, but not all stories are myths: among stories, myths hold a special place.