Quotes: Fairies

We sometimes received – and I would read – 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.

Everytime a child says ‘I don’t believe in fairies’ there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Every time a child says I don’t believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden.

There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can’t prove that there aren’t any, so shouldn’t we be agnostic with respect to fairies?

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!