"I am a product of long corridors, empty……" — C.S. Lewis
"I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought…
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Now panic beats and flutters inside my skull like a flock of starlings locked in an attic.
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While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all…
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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer
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