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“You are a child of the King. He knit you in your mother’s womb. He knows the plans He has for you. Plans to prosper you, never to harm you.
“I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“Lucy buried her head in his mane to hide from his face. But there must have been some magic in his mane. She could feel lion-strength going into her. Quite suddenly she sat up. "I'm sorry, Aslan," she said. "I'm ready now."
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed.”
― Prince Caspian
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed.”
― Prince Caspian
“What we work out in our journals we don’t take out on family and friends.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense. Or like waiting; just hanging about waiting for something to happen. It gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn't seem worth starting anything. I can't settle down. I yawn, fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“They both began to giggle and then they fell into a side splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.”
― Even Now
― Even Now
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