Enchanting 79 Fairy Quotes: Discover Magic in Words

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1. Come away, O human child! To the woods and waters wild With a fairy, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.

– W. B. YEATS

W. B. YEATS Quote: “Come away, O human child!”

2. “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature

– Gerard De Nerval

Gerard De Nerval Quote: “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature”

3. “I’m a fairy. I’d come and hear, ‘How was your day, honey?’ And I’d be like, ‘I was a fairy. I don’t know.’

– Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Quote: “I’m a fairy. I’d come and hear, ‘How was your day, honey?’ And I’d be like, ‘I was a fairy. I don’t know.’”

4. “The Land of Fairy, also called Elfland, has characteristics of the land of the dead. Time is altered so that a day in human life might stretch into years in fairyland. There is no day or night but a perpetual twilight.

– ROSEMARY GUILEY

ROSEMARY GUILEY Quote: “The Land of Fairy, also called Elfland, has characteristics of the land of the dead. Time is altered so that a day in human life might stretch into years in fairyland. There is no day or night but a perpetual twilight.”

5. “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.

– Cinderella

Cinderella Quote: “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.”

6. “I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

– Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen Quote: “I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.”

7. They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die: I’ll wink and couch: no man their works must eye. Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever

– Walt Disney

Walt Disney Quote: “They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die: I’ll wink and couch: no man their works must eye. Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever”

8. “Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote: “Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.”

9. “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.

– Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Quote: “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.”

10. “All you need is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust.

– Peter Pan

Peter Pan Quote: “All you need is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust.”

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

– James M. Barrie

James M. Barrie Quote: “Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!”

12. “Anything that has a dragon, a wand, pixie dust, fairies, magic, any of that, I love it. I’m obsessed with it, I will read it, I will watch it, I will commit it to memory.

– Frankie Grande

Frankie Grande Quote: “Anything that has a dragon, a wand, pixie dust, fairies, magic, any of that, I love it. I'm obsessed with it, I will read it, I will watch it, I will commit it to memory.”

13. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

– Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen Quote: “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

14. “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

– G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton Quote: “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.”

15. “As much as I’d like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don’t really believe it can happen.

– Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg Quote: “As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.”

16. “I’ve always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.

– Alyssa Milano.

Alyssa Milano. Quote: “I’ve always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.”

17. “People who have had fairy encounters often speak of the opalescent, light-filled quality of fairies. Their luminescent aspect gives rise to the name “the Shining Ones.

– SIRONA KNIGHT

SIRONA KNIGHT Quote: “People who have had fairy encounters often speak of the opalescent, light-filled quality of fairies. Their luminescent aspect gives rise to the name "the Shining Ones.”

18. We call them faerie. We don’t believe in them. Our loss.

– Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint Quote: “We call them faerie.”

19. “Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.

– Jack Zipes

Jack Zipes Quote: “Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.”

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

– J. M. BARRIE

J. M. BARRIE Quote: “It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing known for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.”

21. “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?

– Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams Quote: “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?”

22. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve: Lovers, to bed; ’tis almost fairy time…

– William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quote: “The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:”

23. “I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.

– Laura Amy Schlitz

Laura Amy Schlitz Quote: “I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.”

24. “Be kind, have courage, and always believe in a little magic.

– Cinderella

Cinderella Quote: “Be kind, have courage, and always believe in a little magic.”

25. And all about, among the blossoms, fairies flew Or bounced themselves upon enormous drops of dew…

– Harry Behn

Harry Behn Quote: “And all about, among the blossoms, fairies flew”

26. “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do, that is the secret of happiness.

– J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie Quote: “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do, that is the secret of happiness.”

27. “Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

– G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton Quote: “Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

28. “When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

– J.M. BARRIE

J.M. BARRIE Quote: “When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”

29. “Like many air travelers, I am aware that airplanes fly aided by capricious fairies and invisible strings.

– J. Maarten Troost

J. Maarten Troost Quote: “Like many air travelers, I am aware that airplanes fly aided by capricious fairies and invisible strings.”

30. “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

Lisa Mantchev Quote: “The only reason I’m friends with any of you is because I outgrew the von Trapps, one annoying Austrian at a time.”

31. “Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.

– DOUGLAS JERROLD

DOUGLAS JERROLD Quote: “Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.”

32. “My heart has wings and I can fly. I’ll touch every star in the sky. So, this is the miracle I’ve been dreaming of.

– Brothers Grimm

Brothers Grimm Quote: “My heart has wings and I can fly. I’ll touch every star in the sky. So, this is the miracle I’ve been dreaming of.”

33. “Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, they run wild I’d love to be a Fairy’s child.

– Robert Graves

Robert Graves Quote: “Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, they run wild I'd love to be a Fairy's child.”

34. “Many people don’t believe in fairies, but if you look real close they’re always there.

– Torlila

Torlila Quote: “Many people don’t believe in fairies, but if you look real close they’re always there.”

35. “I want to be in ‘The Hobbit.’ I love fantasy and mythical adventure films. I believe in fairies and angels. I believe in nature’s spirit, that there are other realms, other planets, life forms.

– Julia Sawalha

Julia Sawalha Quote: “I want to be in 'The Hobbit.' I love fantasy and mythical adventure films. I believe in fairies and angels. I believe in nature's spirit, that there are other realms, other planets, life forms.”

36. “Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.

– Irish saying

Irish saying Quote: “Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.”

37. “To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.

– Annie Besant

Annie Besant Quote: “To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.”

38. “The words ‘fairy tales’ must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something ‘fairy,’ something extraordinary – fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.

– Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs Quote: “The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.”

39. “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?

– Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins Quote: “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?”

40. “The fairies break their dances.And leave the printed lawn…

– A.E. Housman

A.E. Housman Quote: “The fairies break their dances.And leave the printed lawn...”

41. “Everyone likes fantasy to get away from everyday life, but I think ‘Game of Thrones’ is not like fairies and unicorns. It’s very relatable to everyday life. It’s not too fantastic – just a little bit.

– Kristian Nairn

Kristian Nairn Quote: “Everyone likes fantasy to get away from everyday life, but I think 'Game of Thrones' is not like fairies and unicorns. It's very relatable to everyday life. It's not too fantastic - just a little bit.”

42. “On the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.

– John Milton

John Milton Quote: “On the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.”

43. “In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

– Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola Quote: “In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.”

44. “The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

– Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl Quote: “The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.”

45. “The fairies went from the world, dear, because men’s hearts grew cold; and only the eyes of children see what is hidden from the old…

– Kathleen Foyle

Kathleen Foyle Quote: “The fairies went from the world, dear, because men’s hearts grew cold; and only the eyes of children see what is hidden from the old…”

46. “There is a magic in stories that can change the world.

– Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Quote: “There is a magic in stories that can change the world.”

47. “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

J. M. Barrie Quote: “Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they, unfortunately, have room for one feeling only at a time.”

48. “I don’t believe in fairies floating around, and I don’t believe in telepathy, but there are things I want to say that just simple real-life stories don’t let me say.

– Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody Quote: “I don't believe in fairies floating around, and I don't believe in telepathy, but there are things I want to say that just simple real-life stories don't let me say.”

49. First, rehearse your song by rote to each word a warbling note: hand in hand, with fairy grace, will we sing, and bless this place.

– William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quote: “First, rehearse your song by rote to each word a warbling note: hand in hand, with fairy grace, will we sing, and bless this place.”

50. “When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother’s garden.

– Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding Quote: “When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother's garden.”

51. “I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don’t believe in God.

– Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Quote: “I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don't believe in God.”

52. “I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality – you’re told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

– Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins Quote: “I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.”

53. “In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.

– Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Quote: “In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.”

54. “That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone… You’ve got to live in the real world.

– Giles Deacon

Giles Deacon Quote: “That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world.”

55. “Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature.

– Lynn Holland

Lynn Holland Quote: “Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature.”

56. “No child but must remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest, and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.

– Robert Louis

Robert Louis Quote: “No child but must remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest, and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.”

57. I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we’re all out there looking for our magical missing half.

– Michael Bergin

Michael Bergin Quote: “I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.”

58. “Do not think the fairies are always little. Everything is capricious about them, even their size. They seem to take what size or shape pleases them.

– W. B. YEATS

W. B. YEATS Quote: “Do not think the fairies are always little. Everything is capricious about them, even their size. They seem to take what size or shape pleases them.”

59. “In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind, it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.

– Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs Quote: “In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind, it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.”

60. “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.

– Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Quote: “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible then treat possibilities as probabilities.”

61. “We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can’t disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

– Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins Quote: “We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.”

62. “There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

– John Selden

John Selden Quote: “There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”

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

– James M. Barrie

James M. Barrie Quote: “Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.”

64. “When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.

– Brian Eno

Brian Eno Quote: “When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.”

65. “Folklore, legends, myths, and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous, and manifestly unreal.

– L Frank Baum

L Frank Baum Quote: “Folklore, legends, myths, and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous, and manifestly unreal.”

66. “Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I’m good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.

– Ted Naifeh

Ted Naifeh Quote: “Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.”

67. “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

John Lennon Quote: “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?”

68. “I think that people who can’t believe in fairies aren’t worth knowing.

– Tori Amos

Tori Amos Quote: “I think that people who can't believe in fairies aren't worth knowing.”

69. “Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.

– Jeaniene Frost

Jeaniene Frost Quote: “Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.”

70. “Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.

– Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault Quote: “Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.”

71. “While hobgoblins are rather ugly, these fairies are actually helpful with household chores.

– SHERI A. JOHNSON

SHERI A. JOHNSON Quote: “While hobgoblins are rather ugly, these fairies are actually helpful with household chores.”

72. “We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

– Tori Amos

Tori Amos Quote: “We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.”

73. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

– Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas Quote: “Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”

74. “I was very much provoked. Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn’t prevent my thinking there is.

– Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quote: “I was very much provoked. Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn't prevent my thinking there is.”

75. “Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.

– Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang Quote: “Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.”

76. “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.

– W.B Yeats

W.B Yeats Quote: “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.”

77. “Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.

– John Dryden

John Dryden Quote: “Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.”

78. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.

– Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll Quote: “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.”

79. “If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairytales and I like them best of all.

– Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quote: “If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairytales and I like them best of all.”
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