I now know that legends in themselves have no power. The power comes from the uses that the living make of the legend. The legends merely represent an ideal. (Michael Moorcock)

I now know that legends in themselves have no power. The power comes from the uses that the living make of the legend. The legends merely represent an ideal.

Michael Moorcock

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