There never was a merry world since the fairies left off dancing, and the Parson left conjuring. – John Selden, "Parson," Table Talk, 1689 Category: Fairies
Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature. – Lynn Holland Category: Fairies
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 Stevenson, Essays in The Art of Writing Category: Fairies
Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom…. It is true as sunbeams… – Douglas Jerrold, “Our Honeymoon: An Apology and An Explanation,” in Punch, Volxx Category: Fairies
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. – Robert Green Ingersoll Category: Perspective
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn. – Alvin Toffler Category: Education
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. – A.A. (Alan Alexandra) Milne Category: Excuses