C S Lewis Quotes
We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche.
God's goodness will not mean a spoiling indulgence
When under suffering we see good men go to pieces we do not witness the failure of a moral discipline to take effect
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village
To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in being on earth
... the possibility of pain is inherent in the very existence of a world where souls can meet.
Simon’s love life was complicated, but there was a pang, just for a moment, for this woman talking graphic novels with him. Ah, well. Tessa Gray, foxy nerd, was probably dating someone already.
He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods
For the first time, he looked at her, and she wasn’t a stranger, she was Clary—his friend. His family. The girl he’d sworn always to protect. The girl he loved as fiercely as he loved himself.
You shouldn't do that. Not to your child. You should-carry your own burdens.
I sometimes pray not for self-knowledge in general but for just so much self knowledge at the moment as I can bear and use at the moment
Sometimes people get taken away from you whether you want it or not. And sometimes that hurts so much, it might be easier to forget.
Did you ever know, dear, how much you took away with you when you left? You have stripped me even of my past, even of the things we never shared.
I hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as Susan and Lucy were that night
Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship.
Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.
As long as Simon didn’t think about the past, the past couldn’t hurt him. But, increasingly, he couldn’t help himself.There was too much pleasure in the pain.
He thought of his remembrance of Jordan, thought of how it hurt to even look at Isabelle and Clary. Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.
If the goal you've set for yourself has a 100 percent chance of success, then frankly you aren't aiming high enough.
When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less.
Seeing’ two-dimensional images is therefore something that we learn to do
and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very
He did not see at the moment how foolish it was for two of them to go on alone
Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about.
Feelings come and go, and when they come a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular spiritual diet.
You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked.She shook her head.He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart, " he told her, and left.
Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue
By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity
Simon was still trying to work out how Shadowhunter government and also Shadowhunter family trees worked. They all seemed to be related to each other and it was very disturbing.
Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.
What's that you're holding?" he asked, noticing the pamphlet, still rolled up in her left
We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment
And that - he pointed ahead - is the road to Hell. That's where we're going. I have always heard it was paved with good intentions, said Simon
It is regarded as axiomatic that parents have more power then children. This is an inescapable biological fact
What's next? You want to convince me they're making another crap Last Airbender movie?
Don’t worry, hero. If the vamp shows up, I’m here to protect you.”“Great, I can hide behind your massive ego.
Where's Simon?" Clary interrupted.Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat, " she said darkly.Did he do something to you?" Alec was full of brotherly concern. "Did he touch you? If he tried anyt
When he let go of Clary, he turned and hugged Jace. Clary watched, tears running down her face.
