“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. We have come from God (continued Tolkien),… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
“And though he liked drawing trees he liked most of all to be with trees. He would climb them, lean against them, even talk… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Or rather, it made him into two people. He was by nature a cheerful almost irrepressible person with a great zest for life. He… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
“The poet was, of course, always present to assist the debater. Though the logic of Lewis's Christian apologetics may be fallible, the imagination of… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
