Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.
Interpretation
Being 'Real' comes from genuine love and connection, often accompanied by pain.
This quote reflects the idea that true authenticity ('Realness') in a person or object is achieved through deep emotional connections, particularly through the unconditional love shared between a child and their beloved toy. The Skin Horse emphasizes that while becoming 'Real' may come with emotional pain, it is a worthwhile transformation, as it signifies a deep bond that transcends superficial interactions.
In practice
This quote can be used at a graduation speech to emphasize the importance of deep relationships.
Real isn't how you are made. It's a thing that happens to you. Sometimes it hurts, but when you are Real you don't mind being hurt. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. Once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.
He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.
When you are Real, shabbiness doesn't matter.
When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.
There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.
Love is such a vast sea, it has neither edges nor ends nor corners.
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.
September morn Do you remember how we danced that night away Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play September morning still can make me feel this way.
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