“It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.” C. S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories, “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s To Be Said” (1956), para. 12, p. 38.
“I now enjoy the fairy tales better than I did in childhood: being now able to put more in, of course, I get more out.” C. S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (f1952), para. 10, p. 26.