I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle.

The only moral that is of any value is that which arises inevitably from the whole cast of the author's mind.

But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that darkness?' asked Drinian. Use?' replied Reepicheep. 'Use, Captain?' If you mean by filling our bellies or our purses, I confess it will be no use at all. So far as I know we did not set sail to look for things useful but to seek honour and adventures. And here is as great an adventure as I have ever heard of, and here, if we turn back, no little impeachment of all our honours.

Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).