“When we are very young children we do not need fairy tales: we only need tales. Mere life is interesting enough. A child of seven is excited by being told that Tommy opened the door and saw a dragon. But a child of three is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door.”
from p.54 of "Orthodoxy" by GK Chesterton, found through the latest DG Taste and See email.
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Hi Rhea, nice quote! Makes me wonder...now that we're not very young anymore, what kind of "fairy tales" excite us? Or what excites us at all? Hats off to Chesterton!
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