A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

I am a product [...of] endless books.

And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

Christ offers something for nothing: He even offers everything for nothing.

It would be nice and fairly nearly true, to say that 'from that time forth, Eustace was a different boy.' To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But most of those I shall not notice. The cure had begun.