Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

Quote by C S Lewis

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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Its so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Its so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...