Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAt bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheProfoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity, correctness. The greatest writer of all times. God's most astonishing creation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe