QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an occasional defiance of the rule, resulting in a shock, can give pleasure; a pleasure rich in tragic or comic possibilities. Indeed one of the purposes for which the rule exists …
CSL Daily 09/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Lucy] “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.” The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ (Published 9/15/52) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 09/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.” “God in the Dock” (First published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 09/13/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable.” Learning in War-Time (Published in The Weight of Glory on 9/13/1949) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Weight of Glory was published in the U.S. on September 13, 1949, …
CSL Daily 09/12/19
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 09/11/19
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 09/10/19
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 09/09/19
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 09/08/19
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 09/07/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Very likely, what with enemies, and mountains, and rivers to cross, and losing our way, and next to nothing to eat, and sore feet, we’ll hardly notice the weather.” The Silver Chair (Published 9/7/1953) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Silver Chair was first published in the UK …