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J.R.R. Tolkien

“Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more concerned to get the Right side and the Wrong side clear. For that is a question equally important in History and in Faerie.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien On Fairy-stories
tags: children, faerie
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