Steve Wiley > Quotes

“Being a dream, the lighthouse keeper was nameless. You see, dream-folk are not ordinary people, bound by the cycle of birth and death. They are the symbols and manifestations of the collective unconscious. They are the wise old man before he was Gandalf the Grey. They are The Hero with a Thousand Faces. They are every villain that same hero overcame. They are the everlasting ideas we transform into all those mythologies which give sense to the world.”
― Steve Wiley, A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle

“It seemed ridiculous to judge yesterday by today’s standards. To penalize the past in the present suggested that the kingdom was better today, or would have known better than all those who came before them. Would they really have known better?”
― Steve Wiley, The Elven Inquisition: A Woke Fairy Story

“Not only do lighthouse keepers keep secrets, they fish for them. Most waking fisherman also fish for secrets, though few realize it. The typical fisherman casts his line of hope into the wild blue yonder, hopeful the forces of fate will answer his call. Fish for long enough and all those secrets of the universe can be caught: the meaning of life, the nature of reality, to be or not to be. Fish for long enough, and the depths will disclose their own dreams.”
― Steve Wiley, A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle

“I had a little bird, her name was Enza. I opened up the window, and in-flu-Enza.”
― Steve Wiley, The Elven Inquisition: A Woke Fairy Story