"Most children's books end quickly, shortly after the point at which wisdom is gained, for the activities of the wise are simply less interesting to contemplate than those of the unwise."
From Pleasure and Genre: Speculations on the Characteristics of Children's Fiction by Perry Nodelman
I have been reading for my summer course, "Children and YA Literature in a Multicultural Society" and I cannot seem to get over this quote. I think this explains the reason that I love to read, I feel a sense of kinship :)
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