Forest Fairy Quotes
Forest fairy quotes are for nature walks, camping trips and woodland birthday parties where everyone wears a leaf crown. They lean a little wild and a little quiet.
Packing for a camping trip with little ones? Grab more ideas from every fairy quote collection, sorted by mood.
Robert Frost, Lord Byron and John Muir are credited, and the woodland sayings with no known author are marked as popular. Heading out after the first frost? Try our white fairy quotes for snowy woods.
Quick Picks: Forest Fairy Quotes
Five for the trailhead.
- “The woods are lovely, dark and deep.” (Robert Frost)
- “The forest wakes with every step you take.”
- “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” (John Muir)
- “Leave only footprints. The fairies are watching.”
- “Moss is a fairy’s carpet.”
The forest wakes line is a popular saying. The last two are original 3BoysAndADog sayings.
Poetic Forest Quotes
Old poets loved the woods as much as the fairies do.
From Robert Frost
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.”
Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more.” (Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage)
- “The fairies break their dances and leave the printed lawn.” (A.E. Housman)
- “A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.”
- “Every trail is a story the trees are telling.”
- “The forest keeps its own time.”
The fallen leaf line is a popular saying. The last two are original 3BoysAndADog sayings.
Forest Quotes About Protecting the Woods
Good words for kids who pick up trash on the trail.
- “The forest is not a resource for us, it is life itself. It is the only place for us to live.” (attributed to Evaristo Nugkuag Ikanan)
- “The forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke the sacred; the forest is sacredness itself.” (attributed to Richard Nelson)
- “Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
- “Be kind to the trees. Fairies live there.”
- “Pick up one piece of trash for the woodland folk.”
From John Muir
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
John Muir
The last two are original 3BoysAndADog sayings.
Forest Fairy Magic
For the kid who is sure something moved behind that fern.
- “The forest wakes with every step you take.”
- “Believe in fairy tales, believe in magic, and believe in unicorns… Because sometimes, that’s all that keeps the stars shining.”
- “Follow the mushrooms.”
- “Somewhere past the ferns, the fairies are dancing.”
- “Fairy rings are just party leftovers.”
The first two are popular sayings. The last three are original 3BoysAndADog sayings.
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Ways to Use Forest Fairy Quotes
Ideas for muddy boots and leaf crowns.
- Nature walk: Read one quote at the trailhead and hunt for fairy rings.
- Camping journal: Copy a Muir line on the first page.
- Woodland party: Write sayings on kraft paper tags for the favor bags.
- Unit study: Pair the protect-the-woods quotes with our rainforest unit study.
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