Magic Of Childhood Quotes

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  And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspirational, Life, Believe

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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• There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

  Graham Greene

  Love, Inspirational, Spiritual

  The Power and the Glory pt. 1, ch. 1 (1940)

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• Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.

  Roald Dahl

  Eye, Secret Places, Magic In The World

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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  Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

  Roald Dahl

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.8, Penguin

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• The magic of childhood is the strangeness of childhood — the uniqueness that makes us see things that other people don't see.

  Maurice Sendak

  People, Childhood, Magic

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• I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.

  Colin Thompson

  Thinking, Childhood, Magic

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• Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new and fresh and astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing. When the world gives you a feeling of "déjà vu," when you are used to existence, you become an adult.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Inspirational, Children, Night

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• A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

  Roald Dahl

  Funny, Wisdom, Teacher

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”, p.84, Penguin

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• Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

  Nora Roberts

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Nora Roberts (2011). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.411, Penguin

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• The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspiring, Book, Secret Places

  Roald Dahl (2017). “Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)”, p.77, Penguin UK

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• Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

  Tom Robbins

  Believe, Humor, Government

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.82, Bantam

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• I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end. I feel that if adults cannot enjoy a children’s book properly there is something wrong with either the book or the adult reading it. This of course, is just a smart way of saying I don't want to grow up.

  Colin Thompson

  Children, Growing Up, Smart

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• Let's see, now... in HOGFATHER there are a number of stabbings, someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by the dark, and someone just been killed by a wardrobe. It's a book about the magic of childhood. You can tell.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Dark, Men

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• Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

  Christina Ricci

  Book, Childhood, Magic

  "Christina Ricci's top reads". Interview with Karen Holt, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2011.

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• I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning.

  Richard Dawkins

  People, Childhood, Magic

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• Pamalican Island is a wonderful story told with the sparkle of fun and a true understanding of the magic of childhood. A magical journey for any child who dreams of desert islands.

  Raffaella Barker

  Dream, Fun, Children

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