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Fairy Quotes by Charles de Lint
- The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
- We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
- Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of -- heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a utilization of the…
- Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with a…
- Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It…
- It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was science or a…
- Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from…
More Fairy Quotes
- We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes.… — Amy Adams
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — Douglas Adams
- Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands! — James M. Barrie
- To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children… — Annie Besant
- It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness… — William Blake
- I don't really care what people tell children - when you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy,… — Julie Burchill
- I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A. S. Byatt
- All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. — Helena Bonham Carter
- I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary
- You should treat a muse like a fairy. — Paulo Coelho