the association of children and fairy-stories is an accident of our do…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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the association of children and fairy-stories is an accident of our domestic history. Fairy-stories have in the modern lettered world been relegated to the “nursery,” as shabby or old-fashioned furniture is relegated to the play-room, primarily because the adults do not want it, and do not mind if it is misused. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). Tales from the Perilous Realm, p.348, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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