Quotes About Whimsy

Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.

My capacity for invention is flash hot stark, I thought. Sucker sunshade. Disembodied radar-reconnaissance. Not to mention Bitter Chocolate Death and Killer Zebras. Pity about the rest of me.

Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice

Magic happens when and where it wants to.

Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

You named a dog the size of Bigfoot Fluffy?

If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns.

It sometimes happens that pleasure blows anywhere it damn well chooses.

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often simultaneously.

It was like playing with a jack-in-the-box. It looked like a normal box, until the crazy person popped out.

How oft do they rescue or ruin us, through whimsy or design or a combination of both, the adults to whom we entrust our care!

Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife.

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

I love to live in a magical place.

But whoever heard of enchanted bacon anyway?

Why do they spend their time with cows when they are surely the more natural companions to unicorns, griffins and dragons? The answer is that the rook lives as he wishes. When he wants the entertainment of human company he is more likely to seek out the drunken poet or the wild-eyed crone than a damsel with a cornet.

He] said he didn't think we should be afraid to embrace whimsy. I asked him what he meant by whimsy, and he struggled to define it. He said it's that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.

Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody?" "Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see.

Little known fact: sometimes wizards do things just because it amuses them.

Let the winged Fancy roam Pleasure never is at home.

Oh, sweet Fancy! Let her loose; Everything is spoilt by use (...) Let the winged Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home

No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?