Leonard S. MarcusFantasy is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to reveal our own “real” world in a fresh and truth-bearing light.
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Fantasy is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to reveal our own “real†world in a fresh and truth-bearing light. This quote is attributed to C.S. Lewis, who said that fantasy often has the power to remind us of what is most true about our lives.
Source: The Wand In The Word: Conversations With Writers Of Fantasy
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