Quotes of Mythic - somelinesforyou

“ In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of. ”

- Angela Carter

“ Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity. ”

- Chris Van Allsburg

“ A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is "sensitive;" or because he is cruel… ”

- Andrea Dworkin

“ Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit to her own annihilation. The proof of love is that she is willing to be destroyed by the one whom she loves, for his sake… ”

- Andrea Dworkin
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