#fairies

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 #faith #magic #stories #faith

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

#fairies #fantasy #gwylly #mithgar #dreams

And he got going from there to America. Worked his passage, I s'pose, like a lot more. And I heard he did well in America, too. Got married there. Had a family. But never came back. And you know why? 'Cause if he did, if he ever set foot in Ireland again, you know who'd be waiting for him, don't you? That's right. The three of 'em. And their box. And the second time they'd make no mistake. It is a much-overlooked fact that not all of the thousands who fled Ireland in former times did so to escape hunger, deprivation, and persecution. There were also those who went to escape the wrath of the Good People. Many stories illustrated this, the one here being typical. ↗

— Eddie Lenihan

#fairies #ireland #family

Who knows what goes on in the mind of a cat? ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#fairies #humor #humor

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

— L.M. Montgomery

#imagination #imagination

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

#fairies #god #gods #i-was-so-full #religion

Could we wear spandex and blow things up? ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#humor #spandex #humor

Quite a number of writers comment on the decidedly human character of the fairies, but it must be obvious that practically all supernaturals partake of human traits, more usually unpleasant ones, being as they are the projections of man's fear and imagination and created by him, psychologically, in his own image. Fairies are frequently described as being peevish, irritable, and revengeful to a degree. Grant Stewart says rather unmercifully of the Scottish fairies that "their appetites are as keen as their inclinations are corrupt and wicked. ↗

— Lewis Spence

#fairy #fay #imagination

Images cluttered the pages, but one tattoo set her nerves on edge; inky black eyes surrounded by wings likes shadows coalescing. Mine. The thought, the need, the reaction was overpowering. Leslie looked up. "This one." she said. "I need this one. But the image is more than just tempting art, and it draws her into a world of shadows and desire- into the world of Faerie. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#art

O gentle vision in the dawn: My spirit over faint cool water glides, Child of the day, To thee; And thou art drawn By kindred impulse over silver tides The dreamy way To me. ↗

— Harold Monro

#elves #fairies #art