“If the redeemed sing, presumably someone must write the songs.” — Charles Williams Music making Copy Share Image
“What’s the matter with you, Madox? You got a grudge against the world?” — Charles Williams Grudge Copy Share Image
“You can take care of everything except chance. Chance can kill you.” — Charles Williams Best laid plans Copy Share Image
“Nothing was certain, but everything was safe - that was part of the mystery of Love.” — Charles Williams Love Copy Share Image
“She sat the sister of Arthur, the wife of Lot four sons got by him, and one not.” — Charles Williams Marriage Copy Share Image
“Pardon,Periel, like Love, is only ours for fun: essentially we don't and can't.” — Charles Williams Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.” — Charles Williams Crucifix Copy Share Image
“Sir Joshua Reynolds, said Jonathan, "once alluded to 'common observation and a plain understanding' as the source of all art.” — Charles Williams Art Copy Share Image
“I generally give the title-page a fair chance," Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.” — Charles Williams Book Copy Share Image
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven. — Charles Williams Broken Copy Share Image
How can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for? — Charles Williams Bargain Copy Share Image
“I got both hands on her throat and there was nothing inside me but the black madness of that desire to kill… — Charles Williams Hate Copy Share Image
“The hell with her; I wouldn’t go back. But wouldn’t I? What about later on? Keeping the thought of her out of… — Charles Williams Bleak Copy Share Image
“The girl was in fact so patient with the old lady that she had not yet noticed that she was never given… — Charles Williams Heart Copy Share Image
You will all know that in the Middle Ages there were supposed to be various classes of angels. these hierarchized celsitudes are… — Charles Williams Age Copy Share Image
“There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some… — Charles Williams Action 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 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
“Rejection was to be rejection but not denial, as reception was to be reception but not subservience. Both methods, the Affirmative Way… — Charles Williams Denial Copy Share Image
“It’s said that the shuffling of the cards is the earth, and the pattering of the cards is the rain, and the… — Charles Williams Alchemy Copy Share Image
“A certain brother said : “It is right for a man to take up the burden for them who are near to… — Charles Williams Brother Copy Share Image
It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God… — Charles Williams Easier Copy Share Image
“Harry,” she said, her voice a little thick with the whisky. “You found the way, didn’t you?” What’s so wonderful about it?… — Charles Williams Carnal knowledge Copy Share Image
Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit. — Charles Williams Love Copy Share Image
“Her mouth was soft and moist, and she came to me like a dachshund jumping into your lap.” — Charles Williams Kiss Copy Share Image
“And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.” — Charles Williams Jewels Copy Share Image
Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter… — Charles Williams Adam Copy Share Image
“Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.” — Charles Williams Space 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
“[...] 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 Good 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 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 God is love 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 think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you've been. — Charles Williams Forward Copy Share Image
The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe. — Charles Williams Crown of thorns Copy Share Image
It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else. — Charles Williams Becoming Copy Share Image