When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.
The Skin Horse (Margery Williams)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Velveteen Rabbit (1922); Complete sentence spoken by the Skin Horse to the Rabbit, explaining what becoming Real means. Original emphasis REALLY retained; public-domain text.
- The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
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