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Leo Tolstoy
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

Austin Clarke
“Describing his technique to Robert Frost, Clarke said "I load myself down with chains and try to wriggle free.”
Austin Clarke, The Vengeance of Fionn

Thomas Wolfe
“What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.”
Thomas Wolfe

Chuck Palahniuk
“When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

Alan Bradley
“As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

No ... eight days a week.”
Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

119 Mythic Fiction — 1208 members — last activity Mar 17, 2026 03:50PM
A group for people to discuss and recommend works of mythic fiction. Mythic fiction is literature that contains elements from mythology, fairytales, l ...more
30527 Into the Forest — 2135 members — last activity 3 hours, 17 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more
4030 Endicott Mythic Fiction — 283 members — last activity Jul 02, 2016 11:20PM
The Endicott Mythic Fiction group is now closed. The group focused on books inspired by "myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the oral storytelling tradi ...more
25108 Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, Fables, Folktales, and Epics — 27 members — last activity Dec 24, 2023 12:10PM
A reading challenge of myths, legends, fairy tales, fables, folktales, Epics. All books are on the "read" bookshelf read what books you want in what ...more
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