"But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself."
- C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism
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"Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines."
- C. S. Lewis on fantasy vs. fact, a timeless and timely reminder of the role of critical thinking in making sense of the stories we’re told. (via explore-blog)
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"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
- C.S. Lewis
Mr Tomnus: “Always Winter, but never Christmas”
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
