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“The resistance to the mimetic contagion prevents the myth from taking shape. The conclusion in the light of the Gospels is inescapable: myths are the voice of communities that unanimously surrender to the mimetic contagion of victimization.”

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“Myths are different than fairy tales or legends. Legends are stories based in history and are more or less true. Myths, on the other hand, are stories containing a deeper truth—stories that transcend time. If you were to travel the world, you would find myths that are remarkably similar to one another—stories of heroes fighting the darkness with the light.”

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Book:Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

Source: Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“In Muspell, at the edge of the flame, where the mist burns into light, where the land ends, stood Surtr, who existed before the gods. He stands there now...It is said that at Ragnarok, which is the end of the world, and only then, Surtr will leave his station. He will go forth from Muspell with his flaming sword and burn the world with fire, and one by one the gods will fall before him.”

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Book:Norse Mythology

Source: Norse Mythology

“There are different kinds of love you experience in life. Loving someone differently doesn't mean loving a person less than you love someone else. Love is love.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

“If the Gospels were mythical themselves, they could not provide the knowledge that demythologizes mythology.”

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Author:René Girard

“Every hero is scared. That-s what being brave is about - confronting fear.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

“The pain in my heart was worse than anything I ever imagined. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. All I could feel was the void of her absence growing stronger inside me, and the panic of not ever seeing her eyes open again struck me like an iron whip.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

“Love knows all.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

“I can’t reason when I’m around you.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

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