Roald Dahl reading

What was your favourite story as a child? could you adapt that in any way?

From The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle

But ultimately there comes a moment when a decision must be made. Ultimately two people who love each other must ask themselves how much they hope for as their love grows and deepens, and how much risk theyare willing to take…It is indeed a fearfulgamble…Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created,so that, together we become a new creature.To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take…If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation…It takes a lifetime to learn another person…When love is not possession, but participation, then it is part of that co-creation which is our human calling, and which implies such risk that it is often rejected.---

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Have pinched this but worth looking at the link

Is this excerpt any good?

2 great idea here, thank you! I was starting to lose hope I'd find any readings I liked.

I really liked Roald Dahl when I was younger and also Beatrix Potter ?

Oh The Things You'll See by Dr. Seuss seems to be popular.