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It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rathe

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved. – Irwin Edman

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It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. – Greil Marcus

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The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels. – Mikhail Strabo

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Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words. – Italo Calvino

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Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. – Salman Rushdie

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