Moonlight, in a familiar room, falling so white
upon the carpet, and showing all its figures so distinctly, -- making every
object so minutely visible, yet so unlike a morning or noontide visibility, --
is a medium the most suitable for a romance-writer to get acquainted with his
illusive guests. […] Thus, therefore, the floor of our familiar room has become
a neutral territory, somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the
Actual and the Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the
other.
13.10.11
LOBATO, Monteiro. O saci
Dentro de cada criatura, bichinho ou plantinha, há uma força que a empurra para a frente. Essa força é a Vida. Empurra e diz no ouvido das criaturinhas o que elas devem fazer. A vida é uma fada invisível.
