Here is a fave quote, almost a mantrum to me, though the author that wrote it did not much impress me, this quote itself is notable, and the book itself had some reasonable good content not easily found online, or at wikipedia o.0.
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...The Orpheus story looks inwards upon the literary creators and recreators of these myths, reminding us that poets have always striven to create a mythical world that shall be a symbol for the world of actual existence. A few, such as Byron and Rimbaud, have even completed their myths by living them. Most have written about them, or painted them instead. "There is no doubt about it," remarked Thomas Mann, "The moment when the story-teller acquires the mythical way of looking at things marks a new beginning in his life. It means a peculiar intensification of his artistic mood, a fresh serenity in his powers of perception and creation." And this usually comes rather late in life.
Myths of the Greeks and Romans
Pg 280
Michael Grant
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