The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself; and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.

Aslan: You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are.

Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.

Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can.

No man can be an exile if he remembers that all the world is one city.

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.