There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.

Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.

She stepped out from among their shifting confusion of lovely lights and shadows. A circle of grass, smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark trees dancing all around it. And then --Oh Joy! For he was there: the huge Lion, shining white in the moonlight, with his huge black shadow underneath him.

They call him Aslan in That Place," said Eustace. "What a curious name!" "Not half so curious as himself," said Eustace solemnly.

The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.