“I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the present. There is the old proverb that reads, You cant know where youre going if you dont know where youve been. For me, history is like that. When you take history and combine it with myth, then you get mystery.” IfsKnowsBelievePastI BelieveMysteryConnectionsPatternsMythRepeatsCantOld Proverb Author:Ashwin Sanghi
“The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting for Abigail but for the whole community of Chapel Isle. Block manages to hold sass and heartfelt emotion in perfect equilibrium.” WholeFoundLanguageCommunityPerfectGriefEmotionHealingMysteryMythBlockManageSandEquilibriumHeartfeltChapelIsleSassAbigail Author:Brunonia Barry
“The real truth about a lot of life's mysteries can be explained by science but people don't want to get in bed with science because it's cold. They prefer religion, myth, drama.” PeopleWantRealMysteryColdDramaBedMythReal Truth Author:David Duchovny
“D.H. Lawrence says that myths are "inexhaustible" because they are symbols of heart mysteries. That is, they can't be exhausted - they somehow have embodied some central human mystery (love, loss, being a body in time, who knows which or what?) and thus can be retold infinitely and still be rich. That's part of your saying: it's old, but it's also new. Or: there's nothing "new" in the human heart, but it still matters lots.” KnowsHumansHeartStillsMatterBodyLossRichMysteryMythSymbolsExhaustedHuman HeartNothing NewLove Loss Author:Gregory Orr
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.” ThinkingWayHumansSelfHelpingMysteryAspectProfoundMetaphorMythMysteriousReachingComparisonWay Of ThinkingComprehensionAnalogiesUntruthProfound Truth Author:Christopher Vogler
“As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.” MenGivingBelieveHeartTwoReasonForceCasesGreaterMysteryLogicMythSuitsExcitementDullInterpretationLegendsIncidentsPlausibleEnigmaInsignificance Author:Bryce Courtenay
“My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads and sagas. Pray do not confuse the exercise of the imagination with mere mendacity. I am a master of the mysteries of words, their meanings and music and mellifluous magic.” ChildrenImaginationMagicMysteryPoetMastersPrayingExerciseMereCreatorMythMy ChildrenStorytellerFlawedBalladsSagaMendacity Book:Fly By Night Source: Fly By Night
“The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.” MadeRealityMagicMysteryTruth IsMiracleExcitingMyth Book:The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Source: The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True