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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1898.
He was a scholar, novelist, and author of many books, including The Chronicles of Narnia.
He was also a Christian apologist, and his works on this subject are still widely read today.
Lewis died in Oxford, England in 1963.
He was a complex and influential figure, and his work continues to be studied and enjoyed by people of all ages.

inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.

Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.

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inspirational quotes - Image for quote : The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

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I was with book, as a woman is with child.

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inspirational quotes - Image for quote : No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

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And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book.

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Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

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inspirational quotes - Image for quote : It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

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Adventures are never fun while you're having them.

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There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one.

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Aslan: You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are.

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I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?

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A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

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You know me better than you think, you know, and you shall know me better yet.

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