J. M. Barrie on Halloween

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Do you believe in fairies?… If you believe, clap your hands!

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.

William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (1605), Witches, Scene IIn context

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (1623), In: Medical Arena, Volumes 7-8, 1898, p. 122In context

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.

Jean Baudrillard1929–2007“Astral America” (p. 48)