Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief. C. S. Lewis dayendlessfact share on social
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. C. S. Lewis disenchantenchantmentlove Change image and share on social
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. C. S. Lewis addcompetencydaily share on social
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. C. S. Lewis futurehourminute Change image and share on social
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C. S. Lewis courageformpoint Change image and share on social
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning. C. S. Lewis creaturedarkeye share on social
Joy is the serious business of Heaven. C. S. Lewis businessheavenjoy Change image and share on social
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities. C. S. Lewis bodyerofriendship Change image and share on social
Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. C. S. Lewis earthescapehuman Change image and share on social
Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out. C. S. Lewis impulseitchlust Change image and share on social
