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Quotes About Mythical

…it struck Mr. Jelliby that a wide-eyed faery was not a surprised faery. It was an angry, angry faery.
~ Unknown
Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.
~ Czeslaw Milosz
Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.
~ Henry David Thoreau
We don't grow fangs, you idiot!
~ Darren Shan
Vampires can run at an extra-fast speed, a magic kind of running, where they slip through space like eels through a net. They call it "flitting.")
~ Darren Shan
I wondered quickly if I'd give my life so that a dragon could live. If someone offered me that deal, your life for the existence of dragons.I thought maybe yes, maybe no.
~ Dave Eggers
It looked a lot like a dog. What's that? Max asked, expecting to hear about a mythical creature with a mythical name. Carol squinted and put his hand over his eyes to see better. Oh that's a dog, he said. I don't talk to that guy anymore.
~ Dave Eggers
In Khuram it is said that a man with a single knife can kill two thousand men in a single night.
~ David Farland
Now I will believe that there are unicorns...
~ William Shakespeare
Come, come, be every one officious To make this banquet; which I wish may prove More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast.
~ William Shakespeare
Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.
~ Christopher Moore
That—that's a Carthian sun dragon," he said, shooting a look at Strangward. "Isn't it?" Strangward nodded. "But . . . it is my understanding that dragons are not real," Botetort said. Strangward looked from the dragon to Botetort. "I assure you, this dragon is absolutely real. Touch it if you like.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Around the world, the magical guilds celebrated—all the while knowing that fear of dragons can't last forever.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
A man I barely knew told me, "When the grid goes down, the mythical creatures return.
~ Unknown
No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court." "Well, I'm not, he dumped me." "You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court." "Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.
~ Holly Black
In Faerie, there are no fish sticks, no ketchup, no television.
~ Holly Black
Someone's really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?
~ Holly Black
It is said that faerie children are not like mortal children. They need little in the way of love. They need not be tucked in at night, but may sleep just as happily in a cold corner of a ballroom, curled up in a tablecloth. They need not be fed; they are just as happy lapping up dew and skimming bread and cream from the kitchens. They need not be comforted, since they seldom weep. But if faerie children need little love, faerie princes require some counsel.
~ Holly Black
They say faeries weep at weddings and laugh at funerals, but I thought your wedding and funeral were equally funny.
~ Holly Black
LET ME TELL YOU something about unicorns—they're faeries and faeries aren't to be trusted. Read your storybooks. But maybe you can't get past the rainbows and pastel crap. That's your problem.
~ Holly Black
Let me tell you something about unicorns—they're faeries and faeries aren't to be trusted.
~ Holly Black
There are hobs born with lined faces like tiny, hairless cats and smooth-limbed nixies whose true age shows only in their ancient eyes.
~ Holly Black
Goblins and grigs, pixies and elves all cavort in endless intertwined circle dances. Honey wine flows freely from horns, and tables are stacked with ripe cherries, gooseberries, pomegranates, and plums.
~ Holly Black
Then the glaistig tells the freckled man to gather leaves. For each one in his pile, he'll get a crisp twenty-dollar billl in its place. He'll have three days to spend the money before it disappears.
~ Holly Black