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Read the Printed Word!

"But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him."
— C.S. Lewis (via francineannabelle)

(Source: myfaithisnotdead, via francineannabelle)

aslanism:

“And as far as Jill’s eye could reach, it was all the same–level turf, darting birds with yellow, or dragonfly blue, or rainbow plumage, blue shadows, and emptiness.”
"I have now learned that while those who talk about their miseries usually hurt, those who keep their silence, hurt more."
—  C.S Lewis (via hopetotheworld)

(via hopetotheworld-deactivated20110)

parabola-magazine:

“The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them,   and what came through them was longing. These things– the beauty, the   memory of our own past– are good images of what we really desire; but  if  they are mistaken for the thing itself, they turn into dumb idols,   breaking the hearts of their worshippers. For they are not the thing   itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo   of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet   visited.
Do you think I am trying to weave a spell?  Perhaps I am; but remember  your fairy tales. Spells are used for  breaking enchantments as well as  for inducing them. And you and I have  need of the strongest spell that  can be found to wake us from the evil  enchantment of worldliness which  has laid upon us for nearly a hundred  years.”
 –C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory,” in The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (New York: Harper Collins, 1949/2001), 30-31.
Illustration: “Ein Märchen” (The Fairy Tale), Artist unknown, circa 1900. From Liquid Night’s Tumblr via: Jan Willemsen on Flickr
orientaltiger:

The Magicians Nephew
The Wood Between the Worlds by ~Kecky
marauder-:

- C.S. Lewis.