When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a — Fairies

"Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers, and shades of night."

"It may well be doubted whether children are generally credulous.{…] For children do not believe in fairies a jot. I have just asked my youngest daughter whether she believed in them, and she said "Of course not—only I liked the stories." Fiction to children is fiction and not fact."

"Whenever a child says "I dont believe in fairies" theres a little fairy somewhere that falls right down dead."

"Science seeks to explain everything—but maybe we dont want everything explained. We dont want all the magic to go out of life. We want to remain connected to the secret parts of our inner beings, to the ancient mysteries, and to the most distant outposts of the universe. We want to believe. And as long as we do, the fairies will remain."

"It is for fear of the grown-up, or at least out of respect towards them, that a chapter must be given to fairies. If the children do not care very much for fairies, they must be made to care. "Who is to care if they do not? Who is to be properly childlike if they are not?"

"Do you believe in fairies? If you believe clap your hands."