You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual …

C. S. Lewis
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You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up ones as well. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). Letters to an American Lady, p.9, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up ones as well. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). Letters to an American Lady, p.9, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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