There is always a moment in childhood . . .

There is a pleasant column in today's July 3, 2010 New York Times, Such, Such Are His Joys by David Brooks. The column is about the essayist/columnist Christopher Hitchens who has recently announced that he has esophagal cancer. It covers some of Hitchens' background and his enthralment with literature and how that love of words and writing has shaped his perspective and his views. I particularly liked this quote from Graham Greene:

There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

It of course is more generally true but I think it is especially pertinent vis-a-vis children reading - the light comes on and there is a whole world of futures in front of them.