“It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy.” FacesBornFantasyEternalExtraordinaryExtinctionAfter Death Author:Brian Perkins
“Realism is a very sophisticated form of literature, a very grown-up one. And that may be its weakness. But fantasy seems to be eternal and omnipresent and always attractive to kids.” MaySeemsKidsFormLiteratureFantasyEternalWeaknessAttractiveRealismSophisticated Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that often seems difficult and mundane. They promise health, wealth, wisdom, eternal life. But if you examine the record, it's not the psychics but the hard-nosed scientists who have actually delivered the things that improve human life. And, to me, science describes a world far more interesting than any psychic fantasy. It's a good world -- not perfect -- but it's ours. So we'd better learn to live with it, the way it is.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayHumansHardSeemsHateDifficultWealthPerfectInterestingWonderFantasyRecordsPossibilityPromiseOffersEternalScientistEndlessHuman LifeSkepticismPsychicsEternal LifeMundaneNot PerfectEndless PossibilitiesHealth Wealth Author:James Randi
“I have always been astonished that women were allowed to enter churches. What conversation can they possibly have with God? The eternal Venus (caprice, hysteria, fantasy) is one of the seductive forms of the Devil.” FormChurchFantasyConversationEternalDevilMisogynySeductiveHysteriaVenusCaprice Author:Charles Baudelaire
“Victory is the thought transformation resulting from comprehending that physical immortality...perpetual longevity, sans illness and aging...eternal, healthy, youthful life in your living flesh... is not a fantasy, but a practical and attainable possibility.” FantasyPossibilityVictoryHealthyEternalTransformationAgingIllnessFleshPracticalsImmortalityPerpetualLongevityComprehending Author:Linda Goodman
“There are things that are more important than the news and what’s happening today. There are these archetypes which are part of the human imagination since humans were presumably imaginative. And I think that’s what [people] find touching, these eternal ideas. It’s one of the things that makes fantasy something that tends to stand the test of time because we’re reading, 50 years later, The Lord of the Rings.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansImportantIdeasTodayReadingImaginationLordFantasyEternalNewsHappeningsTestsRingsTouchingImaginativeArchetypeHuman ImaginationTest Of Time Author:Clive Barker
“There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as a form of play. But since the Self is what there is and all that there is and thus has no one separate to play with, he plays the cosmic game of hide-and-seek with himself. He takes on the roles and masks of individual people such as you and I and thus becomes involved in exciting and terrifying adventures, all the time forgetting who he really is.” SelfPlayDreamRememberDiesUniverseGamesBornForgetFantasySelf EsteemIdentityEternalMythEsteemSelf RespectCosmosCosmicHide And SeekTrue Identity Author:Reginald Horace Blyth