Anne Cassidy Quotes

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.

We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.

There's a beauty in being unrealistic.

I was a dreamer, and I still am one.

I was a dreamer when I was younger.

There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.

I guess maybe I'm idealistic.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.

I always love writing about children.

Sometimes idealism and all that make believe makes the world a better place.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.

We're all dreamers.

Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up.

Some things, I think, like fairy books and secret doors, are only meant to be found by children.

When you are young your imagination is so clear.

As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity.