#fantasy

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels. ↗

— Francisco de Goya

#arts #fantasy #impossible #marvels #monsters

It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it was flattering. To make sure of this, they performed an experiment. They put the idea into Earthlings' heads that the whole Universe had been created by one big animal who looked just like them. He sat on a throne with a lot of less fancy thrones all around him. When people died they got to sit on those other thrones forever because they were such close relatives of the Creator. The people down here just ate that up! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#fantasy #god #gods #likeness #reality

I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#admit #along #annoyed #being #elsewhere

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#chooses #definition #fantasy #fiction #heard

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#fantasy #fiction #i #science #science fiction

We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting. ↗

— Tom Baker

#comfort #drink #exciting #fantasy #get

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#fantasy #reality #should #solid

Love is when you’d rather see someone one last time and die, than never see their face again. ↗

— Bryan Butvidas

#fantasy-fiction #fantasy-romance #romance #death

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#about #controlled #designs #fantasy #half

This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#faery #humor #letter #paranormal #revenge