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Fairy Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived…
- Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said.
- At all ages, if [fantasy and myth] is used well by the author and meets the right reader, it has the same power: to generalize…
- Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
- I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you…
- You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up…
- When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I…
- Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never told me! It's…
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