~~~~~~~~~~~~ “People who know and love the same books as you have the road map to your soul.” (Cassandra Clare) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real… for a moment at least… that long magic moment before we wake. Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smoke-stacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true? (George R. R. Martin – The Faces of Fantasy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ „Bücher sind Schiffe, welche die weiten Meere der Zeit durcheilen.“ (Francis Bacon) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Weißt du, was das Geheimnis ist?", raunte der Zwerg an SEINER Seite. "Es ist die Kraft positiver Gedanken. Du musst einfach an das Beste denken und nicht an alle möglichen Unglücke, die geschehen könnten. Unsere Gedanken formen unser Leben!” (Bernhard Hennen, Drachenelfen) ~~~~~~~~~~~~