Here are some thought provoking words from people I admire:

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”

—Albert Einstein, Scientist (1879-1955)

“Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as inducing them. You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness. ..”

—C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

“…the significance (and ultimately the quality) of the work
we do is determined by our understanding of the story
in which we are taking part.”

—Wendell Berry

“Fairy stories are more than true, not because they tell us there are dragons, but because they tell us they can be defeated.”

—G. K. Chesterton

“…the best way to show people true things is from a direction that they had not imagined the truth coming.”

—Neil Gaiman, speech to Mythopoeic Society