Do not slip into writing for the mind and the mind alone. In other words, do not play merely upon our ability to reason. And do not focus only on visuals. Write for the whole person.

Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles

The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not try to hide your children from the world forever, but do not pretend there is no danger . Train them. Give them sharp eyes and bellies full of laughter. Make them dangerous. Make them yeast, and when they’ve grown, they will pollute the shadows.

Horace smiled. "Always breakfast like a man condemned. One never knows that a day may bring."

I've watched goldfish make babies, and ants execute earwigs. I've seen a fly deliver live young while having its head eaten by a mantis. And I had a golden retriever behave like one.

We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment-nar rative catechisms.

The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.