[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.38, Simon and Schuster
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[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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