No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

Certainly, Lu. Whatever you like,' said Peter unexpectedly. This was encouraging, but as Peter instantly rolled round and went to sleep again it wasn't much use.

Nothing is wonderful except in the abnormal, and nothing is abnormal until we have grasped the norm.

What does seem to me poisonous, what breeds a type of patriotism that is pernicious if it lasts but not likely to last long in an educated adult, is the perfectly serious indoctrination of the young in knowably false or biased history - the heroic legend drably disguised as text-book fact. With this creeps in the tacit assumption that other nations have not equally their heroes; perhaps even the belief - surely it is very bad biology - that we can literally 'inherit' tradition.

Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.

Don't think of God in terms of forms, because forms are limited and God is unlimited.

Edmund, give a special goodbye to Trumpkin for me. He's been a brick.