The Screwtape Lettters Quotes

“Humans are amphibians—half spirit and half animal. (The Enemy’s determination to produce such a revolting hybrid was one of the things that determined Our Father to withdraw his support from Him.) As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Lettters

“Remember always, that He really likes the little vermin, and sets an absurd value on the distinctionness of every one of them.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Lettters

“In the first place, humans who have not the gift of continence can be deterred from seeking marriage as a solution because they do not find themselves “in love”, and, thanks to us, the idea of marrying with any other motive seems to them low and cynical.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Lettters