But if we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain. Theology says to you in effect, 'Admit God and with Him the risk of a few miracles, and I in return will ratify your faith in uniformity as regards the overwhelming majority of events.

Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues.

For the Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical.

God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.

The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.