That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia.

An author should never conceive himself as bringing into existence beauty or wisdom which did not exist before, but simply and solely as trying to embody in terms of his own art some reflection of eternal Beauty and Wisdom.

Post-Christian man is not the same as Pre-Christian man. He is as far removed as virgin is from widow: there is nothing in common except want of a spouse: but there is a great difference between a spouse-to-be and a spouse lost.

Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

He cannot "tempt" to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.

We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.