“You can take care of everything except chance. Chance can kill you.” — Charles Williams Best laid plans Copy Share Image
“She endured her own nature and supposed it to be the burden of another's.” — Charles Williams Burden Copy Share Image
“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
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
“And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.” — Charles Williams 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
“Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.” — Charles Williams Space 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 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
“[...] 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
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
“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
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
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
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 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 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
“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
“Why was this bloody world created?" "As a sewer for the stars," a voice in front of him said. "Alternatively to know… — Charles Williams Meaning of life 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
“I will not seek it," the other replied. "It has been opened once and it is enough. And you -- are you… — Charles Williams 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
“We who are here to-night are here as the servants of the guests of a great University, a University of knowledge, scholarship,… — Charles Williams Travel 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
“The image of a wood has appeared often enough in English verse. It has indeed appeared so often that it has gathered… — Charles Williams Forest 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
Nought usually comes at the beginning," Ralph said. "Not necessarily," said Sibyl. "It might come anywhere. Nought isn't a number at all.… — Charles Williams Arrangements Copy Share Image
“They're beautiful hands," he said; "though they've ruined the world, they're beautiful hands.” — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit. — Charles Williams Love 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
“Her mouth was soft and moist, and she came to me like a dachshund jumping into your lap.” — Charles Williams Kiss Copy Share Image
It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else. — Charles Williams 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 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
Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end… — Charles Williams Devotion 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
“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
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