Folklore and Fiction
There seems to be a strong connection in folklore and popular culture between pumpkins and the supernatural. Famous examples include the following:
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Famous quotes containing the words folklore and/or fiction:
“So, too, if, to our surprise, we should meet one of these morons whose remarks are so conspicuous a part of the folklore of the world of the radio—remarks made without using either the tongue or the brain, spouted much like the spoutings of small whales—we should recognize him as below the level of nature but not as below the level of the imagination.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“... fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer’s courage.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)