"When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, "……" — C.S. Lewis
"When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund"
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless,…
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A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country…
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I recall this passage as the hour of its first fully coming over me that she was a beautiful liberal…
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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot…
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To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the…
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That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their…
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It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never…
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...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.
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Edmund, who was becoming a nastier person every minute, thought that he had scored a great success, and went on…
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Golly,' said Edmund under his breath, 'He's a retired star.
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Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied…
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You have a traitor there, Aslan," said the Witch. Of course everyone present knew that she meant Edmund. But Edmund…
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