I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have n…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.42, Simon and Schuster
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I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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