The problem with faerie gifts is that they always come with a price, which is why they are made by the desperate and the foolish.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What I've always loved about faeries is the way that they, unlike so many other supernatural creatures, are not human and have never been human. They have different customs and different taboos, and woe to anyone who breaks them.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.
We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
I don't really like fairies.
I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.
Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.
Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.