But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.

Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old.

Meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words ' God can'.

The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. Is the Life-Force the greatest achievement of wishful thinking the world has yet seen?

When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world