--- title: "12 Good Fairy Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Good Fairy quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Good Fairy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/connie-willis-5208_appearance_it-was-about-a-girl-who-helps-an-ugly-ol_1874292.png" --- > [It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/it-was-about-a-girl-who-helps-an-ugly-old-woman-who-turns-out-to-be-a/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/connie-willis-5208_appearance_it-was-about-a-girl-who-helps-an-ugly-ol_1874292.png) > [I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-dali/i-dedicate-this-novel-to-gala-who-was-constantly-by-my-side-while-i/) [Salvador Dali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-dali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/salvador-dali-2350_books_i-dedicate-this-novel-to-gala-who-was-co_546631.png) > [And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/and-the-good-fairy-said-i-won-t-leave-you-money-or-pretty-dresses-but/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/louisa-may-alcott-318_dresses_and-the-good-fairy-said-i-won-t-leave-yo_2377388.png) > [We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-should-not-expect-the-state-to-appear-in-the-guise-of-an/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/margaret-thatcher-463_christening_we-should-not-expect-the-state-to-appear_2938142.jpg) > [The key to happiness - as any good fairy godmother will tell you - is not to avoid problems, but to overcome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janette-rallison/the-key-to-happiness-as-any-good-fairy-godmother-will-tell-you-is-not/) [Janette Rallison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janette-rallison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/janette-rallison-7705_fairy_the-key-to-happiness-as-any-good-fairy-g_1859156.jpg) > [If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-you-listen-very-carefully-you-can-hear-the-good-fairy-come-in-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/orson-scott-card-134_assignments_if-you-listen-very-carefully-you-can-hea_2424868.png) > [If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-i-should-ask-that-her-gift-to/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/rachel-carson-2645_asks_if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-i_514962.jpg) > [If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-who-is-supposed-to-preside-2/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/rachel-carson-2645_alienation_if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-w_1916244.jpg) > [If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-who-is-supposed-to-preside/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/rachel-carson-2645_children_if-i-had-influence-with-the-good-fairy-w_263557.png) > [My happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl. when she was very old and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-happiness-is-that-i-listened-to-a-good-fairy-when-i-was-a-little/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/anonymous-1_fairy_my-happiness-is-that-i-listened-to-a-goo_2810048.jpg) > [“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-beautiful-full-of-wonder-and-4/) [Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/rachel-carson-2645_children_a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-bea_1580564.jpg) > [There is a wonderful fable about a young orphan girl who had no family and no one to love her. one day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-a-wonderful-fable-about-a-young-orphan-girl-who-had-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/anonymous-1_family_there-is-a-wonderful-fable-about-a-young_2558784.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-fairy/#itemlist", "name": "Good Fairy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. 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If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later years … the alienation from the sources of our strength.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Carson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-beautiful-full-of-wonder-and-4/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/rachel-carson-2645_children_a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-bea_1580564.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/rachel-carson-2645_children_a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-bea_1580564.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/rachel-carson-2645_children_a-child-s-world-is-fresh-and-new-and-bea_1580564.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. 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