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God grew out of the memories of powerful men.

— Robert Holdstock Mythago Wood (1984)

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When so much is lost in the dark of time there must be a myth to glorify that lost knowledge.

Mythago Wood (1984)

Skills used unselfishly make for cooperation.

Mythago Wood (1984)

All things are known, but most things are forgotten. It takes a special magic to remember them.

Lavondyss (1988)

Lavondyss for you—for all of us—is what we are able to remember of ancient times…”

Lavondyss (1988)

Nothing has happened until it happens.

Mythago Wood (1984)

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Man should possess an infinite appetite for life. It should be self-evident to him, all the time, that life is superb, glorious, endlessly rich, infinitely desirable.

Colin Wilson The Philosopher's Stone (1969)

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

William James The Principles of Psychology (1890)

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