#imaginary

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

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I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#childhood #escape #existence #here #i

I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#compelling #future #historical #i #i can

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#imaginary #real #relationships #louisa-may-alcott

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#insurmountable #obstacles #ones #real #real ones

In those days he seemed to be a nice old gentleman, and his existence always served practical purposes, such as when I was accused of misconduct, for then I could shift the blame to him by saying, "Old Tacet did it." Naturally, no one would believe me, this being a last-ditch effort to avoid the hairbrush. If my mother were alive today, she'd laugh at me for still fantasizing - yet it's the truth. Even now, whenever necessary, I still summon forth the old geezer - in theater programs, for example, to credit him for costumes that I've designed, ones for which I prefer not getting the hook. Yes, he's another of my names: the unlikely but lovely and perfectly logical ↗

— Paul Taylor

#imaginary-friend #ph-d #tacet #design

Where's your dog?" Peter's voice came from within the gushing stream of water. Justin thought he must have misheard. "Pardon?" "Your dog." "Yes?" "Isn't he with you today?" Justin looked at Peter. "Ha bloody ha." Peter stuck his head out of the stream of water, features dripping. He smiled shyly. "I love greyhounds." Justin stared. "My dog is imaginary." "Oh." Peter looked interested. "That's unusual." Justin put his head under the water. When he emerged, Peter was still looking at him. "Less work," Peter offered, cheerily. "If the dog's imaginary, I mean. Not so much grooming, feeding, et cetera. ↗

— Meg Rosoff

#imaginary #love

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world. ↗

— Terry Brooks

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Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#aiming #always #filmmaking #imaginary #me

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him. ↗

— Paula Abdul

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