“The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.”— Chris Van Allsburg
“And the stars in the night were the eyes of his wolves, and the wind itself was their song.”— Emma Bull
“Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men.”— William Allingham
“Squats on a toad-stool under a tree, a bodiless childfull of life in the gloom.”— Thomas Lovell Beddoes
“I may not be a unicorn, but I am a unicorn-lover, and that's the next best thing.”— Peter S. Beagle
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.”— Terry Pratchett
“Fantasy is a place where you can be safe from the world, but it's not a place to live.”— Tabitha Soren
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”— J. M. Barrie