C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis was a British writer and scholar best known for the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia and for Christian apologetic works such as Mere Christianity. He served as a literature professor at Oxford and later at Cambridge.
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Trending topics shown first"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap i…"
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia."
"The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not."
"I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave …"
"Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal."
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