Sprites Quotes

“Devic Magic

Woodland sprites, elves and nymphs
Waltz in time take a glimpse
Fairies hide the forest wit
Mushrooms fly, agarics hit”
― William O'Brien, Peter, Enchantment and Stardust: The Poems

“Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.”
― Jefferson Smith, Strange Places

“You shaved your chest?"

He looks down at the sheer black stripes. "Actually, there wasn't a mirror in my room. Gossamer did it after my bath, when she shaved my face. She said elves are hairless everywhere but their heads."

Everywhere? I pictured him naked—Gossamer touching his abs, among other places. "That sprite saw you in the nude?"

He clears his throat. "More than just her. I think there were about thirty of them climbing on me at one point."

A surge of jealousy scalds me. My fists clench. "Thirty sprites touched your naked body?"

"Chill about the sprites, all right? Flying lima beans aren't my thing.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered

“...sprites wearing acorn caps and wielding glaives the size of toothpicks battled above a sea of tiger lilies.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Isaac stopped her at the bottom of the stairs with a crooked smile. "I would wish you sweet dreams, but how can they be memorable if I won't be in them?”
― Chloe Jacobs, Greta and the Lost Army

“You are the best!"
He smiled. "Remember this always, and we will have no more problems between us in the future.”
― Chloe Jacobs, Greta and the Lost Army

“Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed one sprite tumbling into a flower and emerging heavily dusted with carrot-coloured pollen. The other held up its glaive, victorious.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Oh, I wonder... I was trying to fix the whole thing at once... But maybe it needs to be done one step at a time? I can do this... I can do this!!”
― Joe Whitt, The Sprite and the Gardener

“They streak past me in to the hall in a blast of gossamer.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince