Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased.

Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.

Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior.

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.

When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.

In my experience, it is Affection that creates this taste, teaching us first to notice, then to endure, then to smile at, then to enjoy, and finally to appreciate the people who 'happen to be there.' Made for us? Thank God, no. They are themselves, odder than you could have believed and worth far more than we guessed.

Freedom always comes with a price.