The dreams of childhood - it's airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, h…

Charles Dickens
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The dreams of childhood - it's airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond; so good to be believed in once, so good to be remembered when outgrown. ✨ Charles Dickens (2004). The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens, p.533, Wordsworth Editions
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The dreams of childhood - it's airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond; so good to be believed in once, so good to be remembered when outgrown. ✨ Charles Dickens (2004). The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens, p.533, Wordsworth Editions

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