The castle of Cair Paravel on its little hill towered up above them; before them were the sands, with rocks and little pools of salt water, and seaweed, and the smell of the sea and long miles of bluish-green waves breaking for ever and ever on the beach. And oh, the cry of the seagulls! Have you ever heard it? Can you remember?

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads have something inside them," said Lucy.

An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.