At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious — Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
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At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings, whose substance is so ill-fitted to withstand the brutal touch of adult inquisition.

— Jean Cocteau, The Holy Terrors
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