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Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused. -- Charles de Lint
After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races. -- Emperor Hirohito
After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition. -- Charles de Lint
Myths and legends die hard in America. -- Hunter S. Thompson
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...) -- Alan Lee
As a kid, I was obsessed with myths and legends and the haunting beauty of gothic stories. -- Nathan Parsons
Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life. -- F. Sionil Jose
Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths. -- M.F. Moonzajer
We build our understanding of the emotional world through the myths and legends of our culture. We are all, in part, made of fairy tales. -- Will Storr
Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I fear that we shall close an important door to the imagination -- James Christensen
By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad. -- Michael Moorcock
I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths and legends and histories and archeology and any novels. -- Kerry Greenwood
I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books. -- Michael Scott

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