Quotes About Fairies and Magic
These quotes about fairies and magic run from Yeats and Andersen to Dumbo and The Little Prince. Some are dreamy, some are wise, and a few are just right for a birthday card with glitter on it.
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Quick Picks: Quotes About Fairies and Magic
Five for a birthday card with sparkle.
- “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” (attributed to Hans Christian Andersen)
- “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince)
- “Charm is the true gift of the fairies.” (attributed to Charles Perrault)
- “A rustle in the wind reminds us of a fairy nearby.”
- “Make your own magic, then share it.”
The rustle line is a popular saying. The last one is an original 3BoysAndADog saying.
Classic Quotes About Fairies
Writers have been chasing fairies for centuries.
From Yeats
“Come, faeries, 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, The Land of Heart’s Desire
- “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” (attributed to Hans Christian Andersen)
- “I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!” (often credited to Peter Pan)
- “Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.” (attributed to Douglas Jerrold)
- “Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.” (attributed to John Dryden)
- “Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.” (attributed to Andrew Lang)
- “Charm is the true gift of the fairies.” (attributed to Charles Perrault)
We could not match the “I do believe in fairies” line to Barrie’s text, so it is marked as credited to Peter Pan.
Quotes About Magic and Believing
For anyone who still makes wishes on dandelions.
- “I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.” (attributed to John Lennon)
- “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” (attributed to Jonathan Swift)
- “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.” (often credited to J.M. Barrie)
- “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’.” (often credited to Charles Dickens)
- “Make a fairy tale and go and live in it.” (attributed to Annabel Tollman)
- “If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.” (attributed to Danielle Steel)
Dragons can be beaten
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
Neil Gaiman, Coraline, paraphrasing G.K. Chesterton
Lines marked “often credited” are shared with that name everywhere, but we could not find them in the person’s own work.
Whispers from the Fairy Realm
Folk sayings about where fairies hide.
- “The fairy queen dances through forest glades and her presence fills the air with magic.”
- “The flutter of a fairy’s wings is like the sound of a lover’s whisper.”
- “Few humans see fairies or hear their music, but many find fairy rings of dark grass, scattered with toadstools, left by their dancing feet.”
- “A rustle in the wind reminds us of a fairy nearby.”
- “Any man can lose his hat in a fairy wind.” (Irish saying)
The first four are popular sayings with no known author.
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Fairy and Magic Quotes for Hard Days
Little lifts for big days.
From Dumbo
“The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up.”
Timothy Q. Mouse, Dumbo (1941)
- “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince)
- “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” (C.S. Lewis)
- “Fairies ask that you breathe in and appreciate the vantage point from which you stand.”
- “You are allowed to start over with fresh fairy dust.”
- “Small magic still counts.”
The third one is a popular saying. The last two are original 3BoysAndADog sayings.
Little Fairy Sayings About Nature
Short lines for garden signs and nature journals.
- “Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels, but their magic sparkles in nature.” (attributed to Lynn Holland)
- “Fairies are ambassadors of the natural world, reminding us of our connection to the Earth.”
- “Fairies bring a touch of magic to the mundane, transforming it into the extraordinary.”
- “The fairies are the whispers of nature, reminding us of its beauty and wonder.”
- “Pixie wishes and fairy dust kisses.”
- “Sprinkle kindness like fairy dust.”
The middle four are popular sayings. The last one is an original 3BoysAndADog saying.
Ways to Use Fairy and Magic Quotes
Places a little magic fits.
- Birthday cards: The Quick Picks fit inside a card with room for glitter.
- Reading nook: Frame the Yeats line above the bookshelf.
- Hard-day notes: Tuck the Dumbo line into a backpack.
- Nature journal: Copy a fairy realm saying next to a pressed leaf.
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