He didn't call his father and mother 'Father' and 'Mother' but Harold and Alberta. They were very up to date and advanced people. They were vegetarians, non-smokers and teetotalers, and wore a special kind of underclothes. In their house there was very little furniture and very few clothes on the beds and the windows were always open.

I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer.

Nothing is yet in its true form.

The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him..." - C.S. Lewis: Weight of Glory