“Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.” — Charles Williams Space Copy Share Image
An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to… — Charles Williams Books Copy Share Image
“And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.” — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition. — Charles Williams Charitable Copy Share Image
Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying. — Charles Williams Play Copy Share Image
“[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting.” — Charles Williams Good and evil Copy Share Image
It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts. — Charles Williams Deserts Copy Share Image
“There was no way to kiss her like a good boy. You could start out that way, but you always ended up… — Charles Williams Hate Copy Share Image
The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious… — Charles Williams Church Copy Share Image
The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
The history of Christianity would have been far happier if we all had remembered one rule of intelligence -- not to believe… — Charles Williams Christianity Copy Share Image
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole… — Charles Williams Doctrine Copy Share Image
“Have you by any chance an edition of St. Ignatius's treatise against the Gnostics?" he asked in a low clear voice. The… — Charles Williams Books Copy Share Image
The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all… — Charles Williams Church Copy Share Image
“I hope you still think that ideas are more dangerous than material thing," Quentin said. "That is what you were arguing at… — Charles Williams Danger Copy Share Image