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“Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and our attachment to the forms; comedy, the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible.”
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“Dream is the personalized myth, myth is the depoersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche.”
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“No, I realize Hektor was just another rando bit player on whatever bullshit 'hero's journey' you think you've been on. But when this is over, you'll finally realize that you're not even the star of your own story. You're a goddam black hole.”
― Saga #49
― Saga #49
“As they emerge, the creatures beneath those fragile shells begin to understand that they possess more agency than they ever dreamed.”
― Saga #31
― Saga #31
“And more important, all the life-potentialities that we never managed to bring to adult realization, those other portions of ourself, are there; for such golden seeds do not die. If only a portion of that lost totality could be dredged up into the light of day, we should experience a marvelous expansion of our powers, a vivid renewal of life.”
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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