C. S. Lewis

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction of value; hence those fatal critics who can never point out the differing quality of two poets without putting them in an order of preference as if they were candidates for a prize.

Beloved," said the Glorious One, "unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.

All get what they want; they do not always like it.

When you and I met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was nothing. Now it is growing something as we remember it, what will it be when I remember it as I lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then - that is the real meeting. The other is only the beginning of it. You say you have poets in your world. Do they not teach you this?

Be sure it is not for nothing that the Landlord has knit our hearts so closely to time and place – to one friend rather than another and one shire more that all the land.

Aslan: You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are.

One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

The best swordsman in the world may be disarmed by a trick that's new to him.

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.

If things are real, they're there all the time.

The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!

Mere improvement is not redemption, though redemption always improves people

Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?

Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction can’t provide that, we may be excused from inquiring into its higher qualities.

Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking, and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one who so exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared.

I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.

If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.