What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. – G.K. Chesterton
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. – G.K. Chesterton
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? – G.K. Chesterton
This is not simply a story about a frog and a prince. A story about a frog would be biological. A story about a prince would be historical. But a story about a frog-prince is magical, and therein lies all the difference. – Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Child