I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Darkness is a place that encourages us to seek light.

Information is the key to success, anywhere and everywhere.

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I believe my most important job is being there when you need help.

I needed time to stand back and go through a lot more experience in life. Then I have something to write about, joke or to animate.

I've always wanted to be independent and answer for myself. That probably is the part of me I would class to be feminist. I'd like to have children; marriage I have a bit of an issue with.

In Bright Shadow: C.S. Lewis on the Imagination for Theology and Discipleship