'What is REAL?' asked the Rabbit one day, 'Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?''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.[...]… — Margery Williams Copy Share
Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this? And a tear,… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was kind to… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
[O]nce you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." - The Skin Horse from The Velveteen Rabbit — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“He said, " You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always. — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“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… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
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