“Yes, I know,' interrupted Puddleglum. 'And few return to the sunlit lands. You needn't say it again. You are a chap of one idea, aren't you?”
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“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.”
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“And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.”
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“Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see. ”
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“If my house has collapsed at one blow, that is because it was a house of cards. The faith which 'took these things into account' was not faith but imagination.”
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“He has room for people with very little sense, but He wants everyone to use what sense they have.”
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“Nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.”
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“Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.”
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“When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.”
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“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.”
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“People who know a lot of the same things can hardly help talking about them.”
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“Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed.”
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“Even I never dreamed of Magic like this!”
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“In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.”
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