From the page of epigraphs on a site called Myth*ing Links, a Joseph Campbell quote that I “dig”:

“…Living myths are not mistaken notions, and they do not spring from books. They are not to be judged as true or false but as effective or ineffective, maturative or pathogenic. They are rather like enzymes, products of the body in which they work; or in homogeneous social groups, products of a body social. They are not invented but occur, and are recognized by seers, and poets, to be then cultivated and employed as catalysts of spiritual (i.e., psychological) well-being.”

Another one by Barry Holstun Lopez….

…That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.