For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.

That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia.

The descent to hell is easy and those who begin by worshipping power, soon worship evil.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

I desired dragons with a profound desire.