Fairies Quotes

"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?"

John Lennon

"Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

W.B. Yeats

"A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old."

Eoin Colfer

"Mercy is for the weak… let me show you how much of an Unseelie I still am."

Julie Kagawa

"Could we wear spandex and blow things up?"

Lisa Mantchev

"Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was at least a hundred and forty. Hundred and fifty, maybe. Anyway, he wasn't a fairy. He was a librarian. All right?"

Neil Gaiman

"Fairies with gossamer wings, Bring forth beauty, grace and joyful things. Fairies of the earth are caretakers of our soil, water and trees,They watch over beautiful creatures such as bears, bunnies and bees.Fairies ask that you breathe in and appreciate the vantage point from which you stand,Then trod carefully and respectfully with each intentional step you make across this beautiful land."

Molly Friedenfeld

"Elvis is in the kitchen and he’s making eggs Benedict!"

Kathy Bryson, Restless Spirits

"The only reason I'm friends with any of you is because I outgrew the von Trapps, one annoying Austrian at a time."

Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars

"Niall had been able to mask the odor of fairy from Eric in the restaurant, but I saw from the flare of Eric's nostrils that the intoxicating scent clung to me. Eric's eyes closed in ecstasy, and he actually licked his lips. I felt like a T-bone just out of reach of a hungry dog. "Snap out of it," I said. I wasn't in the mood.With a huge effort, Eric reigned himself in. "When you smell like that," he said, "I just wanna fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you."

Charlaine Harris

"Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood."

Stevie Smith, Selected Poems

"Fairy magic is present in every ray of sunlight and each joyful moment. Embrace the living essence of nature."

Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life

"The first rule in the book of love is acceptance."

Destinee Hardwick, Wishing on Raining Stars

"You were so intent on what your purpose would be. I remember it nearly word for word.""Recite it for me then, my Lainna."She smiled a warm, soft smile, and her eyes filled with light."You would waken in your bedchamber with your lady beside you..."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Farrier's Daughter

"Half the pleasure is in the anticipatin' of it."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Witch's Daughter

"Tis both a blessing a and a curse to desire a man in a physical manner."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Witch's Daughter

"I may not have journeyed to other lands, but a trip through the fairy glade is a journey few others have taken, and fewer still have spoken of. I will look forward to taking you with me, Killian. You will see why I always feel the need to return."He was not remotely certain he would ever share her sentiments."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Farrier's Daughter

"Alainn, it is no herb that has made me so entirely insatiable, 'tis just being with you."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Farrier's Daughter

"Keep your wits about you, Killian O'Brien, for you'll be no good to anyone if your head lies apart from the rest of your body!"

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Witch's Daughter

"Our place is here, our time is now!" Killian firmly declared."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter

"I've no plans to couple with anyone other than my new bride for the next century or so, and it feels as though it's takin' a century to get to it!"

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter

"By God, Lainna, have you truly no notion how badly I want you, then?""Oh, but did you not once tell me the anticipation is half the pleasure of it?"

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter

"I think I could spend an eternity with you, Killian, and never tire of hearing you speak to me."

Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter

"As she glanced down at the great distance to the ground below, she whispered in his ear, "You have obviously taken the heights of passion to an entirely new level, Killian O'Brien!"

Leigh Ann Edwards, A Chieftain's Wife

"When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember. ‘There are such a lot of them,’ he said. ‘I expect she is no more.’ I expect he was right, for fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them."

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"The country people, indeed, did not always clearly distinguish between the Fairies and the dead. They called them both the 'Silent People'; and the Milky Way they thought was the path along which the dead were carried to Fairyland."

Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist

"Maybe one did have to be smart in order to kill."

Markelle Grabo, The Spell Master

"Those that dare not to dream big are cowards, for they fear to expose the already great potentials embedded inside of them."

Auliq-Ice

"This isn't an army marching on the Mists. This isn't a case you have to solve. It's just a bunch of nobles coming to puff their chests out at each other an try to look important. Do what I do. Bring popcorn."

Seanan McGuire, Once Broken Faith

"With the rumble of the waterfall in the distance, I slipped into sleep and dreamed of a red-haired girl holding a posy of white flowers. The words of Mr. Noyes's poem crept from the pages of my picture book and tiptoed into my mind. "Then you blow your magic vial, / Shape it like a crescent moon, / Set it up and make your trial, / Singing, 'Fairies, ah, come soon!"

Hazel Gaynor, The Cottingley Secret

"It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts from the puerile to the senile."

Christopher Hitchens, Arguably: Selected Essays

"There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory."

Dawn French, A Tiny Bit Marvellous

"for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above groundfor burned mermaids and sick vampire girlsfor wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair"

Francesca Lia Block, How to (Un)cage a Girl

"In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities.A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine."

Sanhita Baruah

"It takes all sorts to make a world,” some are soldiers from the cradle, some merchants, some orators; nothing but a love of books was the gift given to me by the fairies."

Andrew Lang, Adventures Among Books

"Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time."

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children."

J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

"You must try to have a positive attitude. It does not matter how small a person is. One can still change the future. Size is only a state of mind. You know – it is how you use your wits that counts. Nothing can stop us, if we put our hearts into it. Anything is achievable girls, anything at all!"

Nathalie M. Leblanc, Shrinking Forward

"Will they remember us, Aravan? Will Mankind remember us at all?" ... Mayhap, Gwylly, mayhap. Mayhap in their legends and their fables. Mayhap in naught but their dreams."

Dennis L. McKiernan

"No more shall the birds or the beasts seek to harm me,From the power that has held them, they will henceforth be set freeAnd should another such attempt dare come to beThe doer of the spell shall be so cursed ten-fold, plus three!"

Leigh Ann Edwards, A Chieftain's Wife

"I swear the man could seduce the holy mother!"

Leigh Ann Edwards, A Chieftain's Wife

"Jinx, I know you just lost your grandfather, but you straighten out your tone right now or I will smack you one!"

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"Their meal was illuminated by torches, which Gwen found were utterly without fire. What the children called torches were really just small platforms on tall, wooden poles. The reason they radiated light was because fairies had flown up to them to waltz and glow on the tiny dance floors."

Audrey Greathouse, The Neverland Wars

"Leprechauns are not twee beings dreamed up by the tourist board, but warriors of legend. That name comes from the Celtic god of commerce and war, Lugh. Their mission, their life’s work, is to protect the gold. What better way to hide it than to become a joke, a story nobody takes seriously?"

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"I heard ‘naked’ and ‘full of hot air.’ I try not to let that be my first impression of anyone."

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"I am always a perfect gentleman. If you ever want me to not be a perfect gentlemen, you’ll have to ask and not be crying when you do."

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"You are never to drive like that,” I told them. “Even if you are ever wealthy enough to own a Jaguar."

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"How would we get corporate sponsorship if we were just a bunch of thugs?"

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"I love the man,” Megan said as she took a seat, “but honestly he needs to learn when not to agree with me."

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

"That’s the problem! She doesn’t say anything. She just stares at me like she’s hypnotized, like she thinks I’m a god, but then she runs off squeaking if I try to talk to her.”“I don’t squeak,” I protested. “Maybe she’s not looking at you like you’re a god. Maybe she thinks you’re more of a freak,” Fergus mused.“I’m not a freak.” Murphy jerked his head as if dodging a fly or tossing his hair. “It’s definitely a ‘you’re a god’ look. She practically drools."

Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

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