https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 15 May 2026 22:39:56 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/allingham-william/78517/ https://wist.info/allingham-william/78517/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:48:20 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=78517 Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a hunting,
For fear of little men.

William Allingham (1824–1889) Irish poet, diarist
Poem (1849-01), “The Fairies: A Nursery Song,” Poems (1850)
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For more info on possible inspirations of this poem, see here. ]]> https://wist.info/allingham-william/78517/feed/ 0 78517 https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/30053/ https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/30053/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:18:08 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=30053 Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvelous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 14, Lords and Ladies (1992)
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