If I Have Managed To Brighten Up

If I Have Brightened Up One Single Sad Childhood, Then I Have At Least Accomplished Something In My Life.

A Childhood Without Books – That Would Be No Childhood. That Would Be Like Being Shut Out From The Enchanted Place Where You Can Go And Find The Rarest Kind Of Joy.

You Understand Teacher, Don't You, That When You Have A Mother Who's An Angel And A Father Who Is A Cannibal King, And When You Have Sailed On The Ocean All Your Whole Life, Then You Don't Know Just How To Behave In School With All The Apples And Ibexes.

Don't Let Them Get You Down. Be Cheeky. And Wild. And Wonderful.

If I Have Managed To Brighten Up Even One Gloomy Childhood – Then I’m Satisfied.