It's something to look at an author's work and find that it has grown richer, deeper, and more meaningful to you as you get older despite the age you were introduced to it.
@hrefna Yes, that book is amazing. I watched the cartoon countless times as a child but once I read the book I realized it is not a children’s story at all, even if the adaptation is fairly faithful. It is rich and deep and gets richer as I get older and return to it.
The lines stick with you. Like “There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.”
(Peter S Beagle is incredible for this. Not Wanted on the Voyage, a disturbing retelling of Noah’s Ark, is still powerful twenty years on).
While I'm at it I also need to reread The Neverending Story, which is basically just occultism all the way down.
I enjoyed the movie (well, "enjoyed," the Swamp of Sadness and the Nothing are stuck in my mind for the rest of eternity), but the movie and its sequels kind of lose the meaning along the way.
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