A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent.

I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers.

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if you are interested only in writing you will never be a writer, because you will have nothing to write about...)

No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven.

Cobbles and kettledrums! ...I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlit climb and broken necks.

if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.