QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Boasts:] “Our best weapon—the belief of ignorant humans, that there is no hope of getting rid of us except by yielding [to temptation].” The Screwtape Letters – XX (First published in The Guardian on 9/12/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian on …
CSL Daily 09/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Aravis] “The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.” The Horse …
CSL Daily 09/10/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Die before you die, there is no chance after.” Till We Have Faces (Published 9/10/1956 – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s last published fictional work was released on September 10, 1956. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 09/09/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any other medium is available.” Studies in Words (Published 9/9/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’ Studies in Words is a title that was published on September …
CSL Daily 09/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published on 9/8/58) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on September 8, 1947. Reflections …
CSL Daily 09/06/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We’re free Narnians, Hwin and I, and I suppose, if you’re running away to Narnia, you want to be one too. In that case Hwin isn’t your horse any longer. One might just as well say you’re her human.” The Horse and His Boy (Published 9/6/54) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The …
(2020CCSLQ-7) 2020 Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotes – Episode 7
posted 9/05/2020 INTRODUCTION This is the 7th article in a series devoted to clarifying whether or not C.S. Lewis wrote something you’ve seen quoted in a book and/or shared on social media. Each post examines two quotations. The first quote is something I became aware of since my book, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis came out …
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CSL Daily 09/05/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No man would find an abiding strangeness on the Moon unless he were the sort of man who could find it in his own back garden.” On Stories (Published in Of Other Worlds on 9/5/1966) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was …
CSL Daily 09/04/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ Questions transcript (BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First …
CSL Daily 09/03/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can receive it, the same catharsis.” Haggard Rides Again (Published in Time and Tide on 9/3/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of …