Spear/the Spear in Myth and Legend

Famous quotes containing the words spear, myth and/or legend:

“It is easy to dodge a spear in the daylight, but it is difficult to avoid an arrow in the dark.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The myth of independence from the mother is abandoned in mid- life as women learn new routes around the mother—both the mother without and the mother within. A mid-life daughter may reengage with a mother or put new controls on care and set limits to love. But whatever she does, her child’s history is never finished.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)

“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.”
—Miles Davis (1926–1991)