P. L. Travers - You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specific...

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You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.

P. L. Travers

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Sie schneiden keinen Teil Ihrer Vorstellungskraft ab und machen ein Buch speziell für Kinder, denn - wenn Sie ehrlich sind - haben Sie keine Ahnung, wo die Kindheit endet und die Reife beginnt. Es ist alles endlos und alles eins.

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