Margery Williams

Margery Williams (1881-1944) wrote The Velveteen Rabbit in 1922, in the years after the First World War and the influenza pandemic, which is worth knowing about a story in which becoming loved means being worn out and finally burned. Its central conversation — about what makes a thing Real — is quoted at weddings, funerals and in therapy rooms far more often than the book is read. Quotes here are taken from the original text.