In the words of Albert Einstein “The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge”. As it’s our fantasy books long weekend, we thought we’d share some of our favourite fantasy quotes, from Middle-Earth to Wonderland… and we’d love you to share yours too on Twitter @Gdnchildrensbks – these are to get you started!
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
― Albus Dumbledore via JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
― JRR Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring
Don’t you know that everybody’s got a Fairyland of their own?”
― PL Travers, Mary Poppins
Where’s the glory in repeating what others have done?
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t even started wondering about yet.
― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
There’s plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then.
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Every real story is a never ending story.
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it’s actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
Have we missed some of your favourites? Send in yours to childrens.books@theguardian.com or tell us on Twitter @GdnChildrensBks with your favourite fantasy quotes and we’ll add them to this blog!
The Guardian children’s books site is celebrating fantasy books all this weekend so keep a look out, and join us for a live Twitter chat on Sunday 28 Feb 5-6pm using #gdnteenfantasy when we’ll be discussing all things fantasy with Samantha Shannon @say_shannon, Alwyn Hamilton @AlwynFJH, Zoe Marriott @ZMarriott, Lucy Saxon @Lucy_Saxon, Sally Green @Sa11eGreen, Taran Matharu @TaranMatharu1 and Victoria Aveyard @VictoriaAveyard.
