“There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way
to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown
so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and
cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the
tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and
the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light
of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find
that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They,
and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once
sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls
them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are
just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”
―
L.M. Montgomery,
The Story Girl
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