More on Fairytales — A Quote from CS Lewis

“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

– C.S. Lewis, 1898 – 1963

I feel reasonably confident there’s no need to introduce CS Lewis, but I do think this quote on his love of fairy tales is a nice continuation from last week’s quote from Sara Maitland on the magic of “Once ...