The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of raw material which we have to handle.

More like the real thing,' said the lord Digory softly. - The Last Battle

Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.

Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such minor characters (if they are minor characters) as the vegetables.

The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.