Quote by Andrew Lang Download Open image ““Letters from the first were planned to guide us into Fairy Land.”” — Andrew Lang ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Fairy tales were the door to the world of imagination for me as a child, that land I often lived in when real life… — Regan Walker Copy Share Image
“Fairies were different. In the winding mountain paths and emerald-topped forests of Feyland, there were so many magical creatures.” — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
“he decided to appeal to the fairies for enlightenment. They are reputed to know a good deal.” — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Books inviting us to read, on the bookshelves stand. Piers for bridges that will lead, into Fairyland.” — Rilke Copy Share Image
“a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“I honor and love the fairy folk and am excited to keep getting know them for the rest of my life!” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“The idea of fairyland fascinates me because it's one of those things, like mermaids and dragons, that doesn't really exist, but everyone knows about it anyway. Fairyland lies only in the eye of the beholder who is usually a fabricator of fantasy. So what good is it, this enchanted, fickle land which in some tales bodes little good to humans… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share
“She decided she would just be a fairy because she liked the option of flying without the responsibility of saving the world.” — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“…This place was once like your Enchanted Forest is- home to tens of thousands of fairies. But that was many ages ago, before the… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack. 'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you are one of those who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.” — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so did the… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“He loathes what he has left behind him, and it is natural to guess that, in his first years of priesthood, his religious nature… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
If the wild bowler thinks he bowls, Or if the batsman thinks he's bowled, They know not, poor misguided souls, They, too, shall perish… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“If there are frightful monsters in fairy tales, they do not frighten you now, because that kind of monster is no longer going about… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
