Shauncey

“She had thought then that she would make a conscious decision one day to simply put her toys and games and little make-believes away. Now she discovered that was not what happened at all. Instead, she discovered, interest simply faded. It became less and less and less, until a dust of years drew over the bright pleasures of childhood, and they were forgotten.”
― Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

“There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen—George Jean Nathan.”
― Charlie Kaufman, Antkind

“No man is an adult while his parents are alive. Until they die he is merely a performance to either please or punish them.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Adjustment Day