"A NAMELESS LAND, A TIMELESS TIME!"

Isn't it strange how, when we look at the past through the muggy
mists of memory, periods of time we experienced as children seem to
have lasted much longer than they actually did? For instance, when I used
to purchase FANTASTIC back in the 1960s, it felt like I was reading the
ODHAMS PRESS weekly comic for years before it eventually discontinued
publication and was merged into SMASH!, one of its stablemates. However,
Fantastic lasted for no more than 89 issues - which is (if my calculations
are correct) a period of exactly one year and nine months. Surely such a
thing is impossible? To me, it feels like I was buying it for about three
or four years at least.
 

It's the same with WHAM!, another of the five POWER COMICS, as
they were known. I didn't become a regular reader until the comic started
featuring THE FANTASTIC FOUR, sometime around August of 1966. The
title was merged into POW! an issue or two into January of 1969, which
means that I had only been purchasing it for less than a year and a half
before its untimely demise. Yet, when I think back, it seems (and seemed)
that the weekly periodical was a feature of my life for far longer than
was actually the case.
 

Regular readers may remember that, some time ago, I mentioned in a
previous post a quotation I heard on the radio a good few years back which
ran something like this: "The memories of childhood are without time and
without end." When I revisit my own memories of childhood, I'm convinced
of the truth of that insightful piece of wisdom. If anyone can tell me its
source I'd be much obliged.