"Careful the things you say, children will listen." ~the witch (into the woods)

2 books that i re-read, because even as adult i am touched.
this one's for the chil'rens (or the young at heart)...

He was only a little taller than Lucy herself and he carried over his head an umbrella, white with snow. From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were shaped like a goat's (the hair on them was glossy black) and instead of feet he had hoofs. He also had a tail, but Lucy did not notice this at first because it was neatly caught up over his arm that held the umbrella so as to keep it from trailing in the snow. He had a red wollen muffler round his neck and his skin was rather redish too. He had a strange, but pleasant face with a short pointed beard and curly hair, and out of the hair there stuck two horns, one on each side of his forehead. One of his hands, as I have said, held the umbrella: in the other arm he carried several brown paper parcels. What with the parcels and the snow it looked just as if he had been doing his Christmas shopping. He was a Faun. And when he saw Lucy he gave such a start of surprise that he dropped all his parcels. "Goodness gracious me!" exclaimed the Faun.
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I can remember the cartoon movie and seeing Mr. Tumnus for the first time under the lamp post like it was yesterday. I saw through Lucy's eyes... he represented the very beginning of a new and fantastic world.
This is Lewis' dedication:
TO LUCY BARFIELD
My dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C. S. Lewis

"...an explorer who told lies would cause disasters in geography books. As would an explorer who drank too much."
"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less."
*The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
This book should be read by every adult...
"I know a planet inhabited by a red-faced gentleman. He's never smelled a flower. He's never looked at a star. He's never loved anyone. He's never done anything except add up numbers. And all day long he says over and over, just like you, 'I'm a serious man! I'm a serious man!' And that puffs him up with pride. But he's not a man at all --"
...in 1943 Saint-Exupery rejoined his French air squadron in northern Africa. Despite being forbidden to fly (he was still suffering physically from his earlier plane crashes), Saint-Exupery insisted on being given a mission. On July 31, 1944, he set out from Borgo, Corsica, to overfly occupied France. He never returned.