#fantasy

Arrogance and Conceit are the mother and father of a closed mind. Charles Jennings, "Journey of the Chosen". ↗

— Richard Nance

#fantasy #science-fiction #young-adult #science

. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#childhood #fantasy #childhood

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#fantasy #wife #wife

David could tell, by looking at her face as she read, whether or not the story contained in the book was living inside her, and she in it, and he would recall again all that she had told him about stories and tales and the power that they wield over us, and that we in turn wield over them. ↗

— John Connolly

#science-fiction-fantasy #science

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#fear #kvothe #man-s #name #patrick-rothfuss

One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion. ↗

— Michael Grant

#survival #teens #teacher

I had evolved a year too soon, and it nearly broke me ↗

— Carlyle Labuschagne

#fantasy #fiction #hot-release #new-release #science-fiction

there are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done ↗

— Evan Meekins

#emotion #fantasy #fantasy-fiction #feelings #fiction

It's like Dungeons and Dragons, but real." Jace was looking at Simon as if he were some bizarre species of insect. "It's like what?" "It's a game," Clary explained. She felt vaguely embarrassed. "People pretend to be wizards and elves, and they kill monsters and stuff." Jace looked stupefied. Simon grinned. "you've never hear of Dungeon and Dragons?" "I've heard of dungeons," Jace said. "Also dragons. Although they're mostly extinct." Simon looked disappointed. "You've never killed a dragon?" "He's probably never met a six-foot-tall hot elf-woman in a fur bikini, either," Clary said irritably. "Lay off, Simon." "Real elves are about eight inches tall," Jace pointed out. "Also, they bite. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fantasy #reality #fantasy

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#zedd #fantasy