More from C. S. Lewis
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis A sign of a culture that has lost its faith – Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis 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.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis 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.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis You can make anything by writing.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on body
Don’t be shy my love come close not with body but with raw emotion.
OvyukiOvyuki The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham I would be a giraffe because I just want to experience what a sore throat and being a giraffe feels like. It would be really uncomfortable walking around in the Sahara and being like, ‘I really need, like, 15 lozenges for my giraffe body.’
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth Crawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined— love me there.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin Don’t go for the booty if it kills you.
MarkiplierMarkiplier Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
David BowieDavid Bowie When you fall in love with a person, you don’t fall in love with their body. You fall in love with their names, their favorite places, their moments of life and much more again.
A. DimitriA. Dimitri One of my daughters was a bit flat-chested, so she had implants and she’s got a lovely pair now. I see nothing wrong with it.
Rod StewartRod Stewart
