Narnia Quotes by C.S. Lewis

25 Narnia quotes by C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis’s own words about his beloved kingdom come alive in twenty‑five passages. Whether you cherish the moral lessons or the lyrical scenery, these lines capture the spirit that has enchanted readers for generations.

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“Courage, dear heart.”

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“She was nearly fainting: indeed, she wished she could really faint, but faints don't come for the asking.”

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“Got to start by finding it, have we?" answered Puddleglum. " Not allowed to start by looking for it, I suppose?”

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“The truth is, he was so glad at being free from his long enchantment that all dangers seemed a game in comparison.…

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“But very quickly they all became grave again: for, as you know, there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes…

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“But who is Aslan? Do you know him?" "Well-he knows me," said Edmund. "He is the great Lion, the son of the…

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“When Jill woke next morning and found herself in a cave, she thought for one horrid moment that she was back in…

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“All Narnia, many-colored with lawns and rocks and heather and different sorts of trees, lay spread out below them, the river winding…

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“Yes,” said the Lord Digory, “Its inside is bigger than its outside.” “Yes,” said Queen Lucy. “In our world too, a stable…

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“Puddleglum!" said Jill. "You're a regular old humbug. You sound as doleful as a funeral and I believe you're perfectly happy. And…

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“And the worst thing about it was that you began to feel as if you had always lived on that ship, in…

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“They were making a riotous noise, but it was much more like music - rather advanced music which you don't quite take…

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“Then he buttoned up his coat, took a deep breath, and picked up the ring. And he thought then, as he always…

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“That ride was perhaps the most wonderful thing that happened to them in Narnia. Have you ever had a gallop on a…

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“When I heard the language of men uttered by my mare," continued Aravis, "I said to myself, the fear of death has…

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“Every moment the patches of green grew bigger and the patches of snow grew smaller. Every moment more and more of the…

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“Tirian, with his head against Jewel's flank, slept as soundly as if he were in his royal bed at Cair Paravel, till…

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“There was certainly plenty to watch and listen to. The tree which Digory had noticed was now a full-grown beech whose branches…

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“It is as hard to explain how this sunlit land was different from the old Narnia as it would be to tell…

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“Why should your Majesty expect it? My own plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader .…

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“They had expected to see the grey, heathery slope of the moor going up and up to join the dull autumn sky.…

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“Only five minutes later he noticed a dozen crocuses growing round the foot of an old tree- gold and purple and white.…

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“These two Kings and two Queens governed Narnia well, and long and happy was their reign. At first much of their time…

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“Jill had, as you might say, quite fall in love with the Unicorn. She thought- and she wasn't far wrong- that he…

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“I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralysed much of my own…

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“We use a most unfortunate idiom when we say, of a lustful man prowling the streets, that he "wants a woman". Strictly speaking, a…

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“Después de cada fracaso, pedid perdón, levantaos del suelo y volved a intentarlo. Muy a menudo, lo que Dios nos otorga primero no es…

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“Then two wonders happened at the same moment. One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other voices; more voices than you could…

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“Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.…

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“Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well…

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“When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are…

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