"Many of our threats are imaginary. The habits and even obsessions that we develop to keep them away are destructive and undermine our moods constantly."

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In the native literatures of North America there aren't any novels. Instead, the major genre is myth. And myths are stories that are fundamentally about the world, not about human individuals. A myth needn't include any humans at all. If it does include them, they're usually minor characters - imaginary humans sent out like scouts to report back on what's happening in the mythworld, but not central participants in the action.

— Robert Bringhurst