Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodiesโthose vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that made the worlds, in which they find themselves without their consent and from which they are ejected at the pleasure of Another!
C. S. LewisThe return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.
C. S. LewisWhatever he says, let his inner resolution be not to bear whatever comes to him, but to bear it 'for a reasonable period'--and let the reasonable period be shorter than the trial is likely to last. It need not be much shorter; in attacks on patience, chastity, and fortitude, the fun is to make the man yield just when (had he but known it) relief was almost in sight.
C. S. Lewis