“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“The woman does not work because the man tells her to work and she obeys. On the contrary, the woman works because she has told the man to work and he hasn’t obeyed.”
― What's Wrong with the World
― What's Wrong with the World
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
― What's Wrong with the World
― What's Wrong with the World
“Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done.”
― That Hideous Strength
― That Hideous Strength
“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.”
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