Pater: So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.
Posted by Pater , Friday, September 25, 2015 12:15 AM
“When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five, I was just alive.
But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever,
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.”
In case you're reading this in your twenties, AJ1, worrying about boyfriends, lost in the academic/work pursuit of Medicine/Law/French Philosophy As It Applies To The Reign of Louis VI (delete as applicable, unless you feel you can do all three), and uncertain of your place in the world, here are Pater's Top Ten Reminders on What it Means to be Wonderful:
1) You fear nothing