Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.
Laura MillerFire will burn any human body it touches, and starvation will waste it, but stories are not so predictable in their effects.
Laura MillerThe closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art it seems.
Laura MillerThe first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with.
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