“You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.”
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“If you look upon ham and eggs and lust, you have already committed breakfast in your heart.”
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“Who are you?'
One who has waited long for you to speak.”
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“Death opens a door out of a little, dark room (that's all the life we have known before it) into a great, real place where the true sun shines and we shall meet.
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“But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it.”
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“A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming. Sometimes it seemed to come from all directions at once. Sometimes he almost thought it was coming out of the earth beneath them. Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth herself. There were no words. It was hardly a tune. But it was beyond comparison, the most beautiful sound he had ever heard.”
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“Emerson said, Do you love me? means Do you see the same truth?-Or at least, "Do you care about the same truth?”
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“I am [in your world].’ said Aslan. ‘But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
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“If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.”
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“That raises a terrible question. How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious? I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God.”
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“God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
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“If the world is meaningless, then so are we; if we mean something, we do not mean alone.”
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“It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one who did.”
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“But that would be putting the clock back," gasped the Governor. "Have you no idea of progress, of development?"
"I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it Going bad in Narnia.”
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