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[Wikipedia] Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is a

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• Nothing is yet in its true form. Form
• I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even… Any
• [God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society… Chemist
• Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. Admirably
• The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus. Jesus
• Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth. What you now call the free play of inquiry has neither more nor less to do with… Call
• Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. Often Succeed
• Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality. Experience
• Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break together. If the voice within us does not… Better
• He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course… All
• I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say. Book
• You can make anything by writing. Inspirational
• Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North! Funny
• What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience. Bring
• Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. Affection
• Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot… All
• The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came… All
• I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to… Always Knew
• Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under… All
• Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. Evil
• Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I… Free
• Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I… Country
• The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. All
• Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and… All
• There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. Ahead

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