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Quotes About Fantasy

Over the years, the thinking in the field has evolved, so that we now look at fantasy as a natural component of healthy adult sexuality.
~ Esther Perel
Eroticism, intertwined as it is with imagination, is another form of play. I think of play as an alternative reality midway between the actual and the fictitious, a safe space where we experiment, reinvent ourselves, and take chances. Through play we suspend disbelief—we pretend something is real even when we damn well know it is not. Earnestness has no place here.
~ Esther Perel
Being a mistress suited Rose—in the words of novelist Susan Cheever, "I had my freedom and I was someone else's fantasy.
~ Esther Perel
The fantasies of dying could be no stranger than the fantasies of living. Survival is perhaps the strangest fantasy of them all.
~ Eudora Welty
Eh oui, je rêve...la vie est un rêve.
~ Eugene Ionesco
Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod, one night sailed off in a wooden shoe; Sailed off on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew. Where are you going and what do you wish? the old moon asked the three. We've come to fish for the herring fish that live in this beautiful sea. Nets of silver and gold have we, said Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod.
~ Eugene Field
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed; So shut your eyes while Mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock on the misty sea.
~ Eugene Field
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, and Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies is a wee one's trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while Mother sings of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things as you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
~ Eugene Field
At the movies — in the arts — conservative reality almost always comes disguised as fantasy whereas leftist fantasy comes disguised as reality!
~ Andrew Klavan
I can't compete with the woman in your head, Cam. I don't even know if she's real.
~ Andrew Klavan
But the three hundred and sixty-five authors who try to write new fairy tales are very tiresome. They always begin with a little boy or girl who goes out and meets the fairies of polyanthuses and gardenias and apple blossoms: 'Flowers and fruits, and other winged things.' These fairies try to be funny, and fail; or they try to preach, and succeed.
~ Andrew Lang
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind.
~ Andrew Lloyd Webber
Books and movies are portals through which we escape from sour reality. They enable us to change our names, our history, our faces and our tomorrows, at least for a few hours. Most people don't realize they are traveling on magic carpets.
~ Andrew Neiderman
Who lives in fantasy more, I wondered, Ronnie or me? No one's to blame for it. In fact, we should be grateful. That's what the highest species can do: imagine. Without it, we'd have only rain when it rained and not a romantic walk in the rain without feeling a drop. We'd be overwhelmed by age and never believe anyone envied us. We'd be at the mercy of facts.
~ Andrew Neiderman
She glanced at each of us, then back toward Patrick. "Is there someone just giving out legendary magical swords to children? Because I'm fairly certain I recognize all three of those.
~ Andrew Rowe
Is there someone just giving out legendary magical swords to children? Because I'm fairly certain I recognize all three of those.
~ Andrew Rowe
A world between my fingers.
~ Andrew Smith
I don't think the warriors will be prosecuted. These young fantasy enthusiasts are the most exotic armed group of the Eurorevolution. They appeared in the Maidan in December, wielding wooden swords and shields, and at first brought a carnival atmosphere to the demonstrations. They distinguished themselves during confrontations with the Berkut. Later, their ranks were thinned out by snipers. Some were killed, others wounded. And the only thing that remains exotic about them is their name.
~ Andrey Kurkov
I could never resist the temptation of having a look at something that doesn't exist.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Aridea quite often turned to the Mirror—' 'With the usual question, I take it,' interrupted Geralt. '"Who is the fairest of them all?" I know; all Nehalenia's Mirrors are either polite or broken.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Ludzie lubi? wymy?la? potwory i potworno?ci. Sami sobie wydaj? si? wtedy mniej potworni.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Ha - zaciekawiÅ' siÄ™ Jaskier, który wÅ'aÅ›nie zbli?yÅ' siÄ™ do nich. - WiÄ™c to sÄ… sÅ'ynne tajne runy krasnoludów? Co gÅ'osi ten napis? - "Na pohybel skurwysynom!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Only in fables survives what cannot survive in nature. Only myths and fables do not know the limits of possibility.' Three
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
But, Dandelion, I could never resist the temptation of having a look at something that doesn't exist.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski