She stayed behind because she thought it would be worthwhile trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise it opened quite easily....

Aslan, said Lucy, you're bigger. That is because you are older, little one, answered he. Not because you are? I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.

The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from...

Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.

Mathematics effectively began when a few Greek friends got together to talk about numbers and lines and angles.

That world is ended, as if it had never been. Let the race of Adam and Eve take warning.

It is not trying that is ever going to bring us home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, ‘You must do this. I can't.