I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

They were really getting quite fond of their strange pet and hoped that Aslan would allow them to keep it. The cleverer ones were quite sure by now that at least some of the noises which came out of his mouth had a meaning. They christened him Brandy because he made that noise so often.

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.

There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.

All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world; but it is smaller than one atom of this world, the Real World.