God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.

What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

Don't you mind," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant king caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this.

You can't know, you can only believe - or not.

Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed.