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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.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

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Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

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For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.

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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

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Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.

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I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

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The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

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God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.

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Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see.

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If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

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I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.

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Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

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The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

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