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“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.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“I regret many things I’ve done,” he said, “but most of all I regret those moments when I said to Fear, ‘You are my master.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

“It's better to live as you will want to have lived, rather than spend your time worrying about the end. You are right here in your story. Don't skip ahead”
― S.D. Smith, Ember Falls

“That tree can grow immensely high.” Then he stooped down and plucked a beautiful blue primrose that was growing to the side of the trail. “This flower will never grow as tall and majestic as that oak tree. No matter how hard it tries, it will never be an oak tree. But it is no less beautiful, and no less valuable. Some people would try and force a flower to become a tree. But I think we should appreciate the flower for simply being a flower.”
― Mary Mecham, Poisoned: Snow White's Story

“A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”
― Irene Hannon

“in my experience, it’s not about how big our faith is. What matters is how big our God is.”
― Lynn H. Blackburn, In Too Deep

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Since we were made to glorify God, worship happens when someone is doing exactly what he or she was made to do.”
― Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

“If you want people to know the truth, tell them.
If you want people to love the truth, tell them a story.”
― Andrew Peterson