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To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness.

George Steiner
Children, Stories, Emptiness
George Steiner (2010). “Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?”, p.219, Faber & Faber
To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness.