Sophia Conway > Sophia's Quotes

“I am a door to pass through, not a final destination,” said Death after much time had passed, “a moment and not a lifetime. The road leads on beyond me; it is a path we all must take, but it stretches far further than you would ever believe.”
― Sophia Conway, His Last Companion

“Even nature; the restless waves, irregular trees, and stars all out of line show that chaos can be beautiful!”
― Sophia Conway, His Last Companion

“If a mother is mourning not for what she has lost but for what her dead child has lost, it is a comfort to believe that the child has not lost the end for which it was created. And it is a comfort to believe that she herself, in losing her chief or only natural happiness, has not lost a greater thing, that she may still hope to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever." A comfort to the God-aimed, eternal spirit within her. But not to her motherhood. The specifically maternal happiness must be written off. Never, in any place or time, will she have her son on her knees, or bathe him, or tell him a story, or plan for his future, or see her grandchild.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed