Those of us we have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous extension of our being which we owe to authors.

Quote by CS Lewis

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without...

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without...

When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to...

When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to...

Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not...

Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

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

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

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

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

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when...

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when...

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.