Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened. - J.M. Barrie

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.

Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them