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Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?
— Willy Wonka · Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This asks whether a passing fancy, a light liking or infatuation, begins in feeling or in thought. By setting heart against head, it treats attraction as a puzzle about where desire really comes from, and leaves the answer open in a playful, wondering tone.
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