Quotes About Fantasy

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.

I like the rain before it falls. of course there is no such thing, she said. That's why it's my favorite. Something can still make you happy, can't it, even if it isn't real.

Me gusta la lluvia antes de caer. Ya sé que no existe. Por eso es mi favorita. Porque no hace falta que algo sea de verdad para hacerte feliz, ¿no?.

Wishing for a fantasy life is easier than the pursuit of real goals.

Don't be ridiculous! Mystic arts be damned, a dog with machine guns is always problematic.

bosh," he finally said. "Ook-la. Palm trees

Okay," I said slowly, "but what the hell would you mate a horse with to get a unicorn, because I don't see horses and narwhales doing the dirty boogie.

And to Conrad, it seemed as though he had entered some strange world beyond our own, where nothing was as it appears, and anything could be possible.

The real world was never cool enough for anyone to accept a costumed supervillain. Which

Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character would hold steady under the most extreme pressure of dreadful events. [But we must face] the painful awareness that in all likelyhood one's own character would not have stood firm.

The afrit batted his eyelashes with a ostentatious lack of concern. "Indeed? Have you a name?" "A name?" I cried. "I have MANY names! I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni! I am N'gorso the Mighty and the Serpent of Silver Plumes!" I paused dramatically. The young man looked blank. "Nope never heard of you. Now if you'll just-

La libertad es una fantasía, siempre tiene un precio.

Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Stroud

Driving a Porsche is like fucking a model. It will never feel as good as it looks.

Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.

But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

I think every little girl's dream is to be a mermaid or to see a mermaid. [When I was younger] I would go to the beach and cover myself in the sand. People from different cultures and centuries have the same idea of what mermaids are ... so that's maybe a cool thing to think about.

Le due fette più grosse del mio aerogramma mentale sono costituite dalle elucubrazioni legate al lavoro e dalle fantasie sessuali.

Si toutes les filles étaient nymphomanes, disait-il, la vie sur terre serait plus drôle.

I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.' 'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too - and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!

Qué implica esto? Dos notas muy nítidas: baja tolerancia a las frustraciones, es decir, ser un mal perdedor, y tendencia a refugiarse en un mundo fantástico que le aleja de la realidad.