Near the beginning of the story the Rabbit asks the Skin Horse, the oldest toy in the nursery, "what is Real?"
"Real isn't how you are made." said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long time, not just to play with, but really loves, then you become real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful.
"When you are real, you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
" It doesn't happen all at once ," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time."
... I ain't gonna lie. I totally cried when I read this.
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wow...I've never read that story. One of my fave quotes like that is from Narnia...that shakes me up every time I hear/read it..
"“ooh!” said Susan, “I’d thought he was a man. Is he – quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.”
“That you will, dearie, and no mistake” said Mrs Beaver; “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.”
“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy.
“Safe?” said Mr Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
He's good. He's the King, I tell you.!
Gets me every time :)
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