Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.
I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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.