don’t go trying to use the same route twice

At the end of C.S. Lewis’s epic story, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the children go to see the Professor; they confess that his fur coats are missing from the wardrobe; then, they tell him where they’ve been. They gush over their wanderings and then ask him how to get back there - how to get back to Narnia. The Professor, who doesn’t seem surprised at all by anything they’re saying, cooly and calmly replies,

“...don’t go trying to use the same route twice. Indeed, don’t try to get there at all. It’ll happen when you’re not looking for it.”

He’s not talking about being indifferent or inattentive - that it’s not something worth seeking; he’s actually talking about the exact opposite - pay attention, live your life, go about your day because the magic finds you.

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