Saturday, December 29, 2012

On Fairy-Stories, Part Five


One last word from Tolkien on the subject of children, good for all of us to remember as we approach the New Year:

Children are meant to grow up, and not to become Peter Pans. Not to lose innocence and wonder, but to proceed on the appointed journey: that journey upon which it is certainly not better to travel hopefully than to arrive, though we must travel hopefully if we are to arrive.

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