Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash.

It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.

I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done.

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

I fancy that most people who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years.

I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards.