Charissa

“I wonder,” he said after a long silence, “what will happen if I open my eyes?” The Prince of the Farthest Shore, sitting beside him, answered, “You’ll see things as they are.” Alistair shuddered. Since that moment of red mouth and black teeth and pain like ripping fire, he wasn’t convinced he wanted to see things as they were. “Maybe,” he said, “I’d rather sit here in the dark.” “No, you wouldn’t,” said the Prince, and there was a smile in his voice.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Dragonwitch

“Our trials and triumphs are packed with opportunities that impact eternity. Daily, God gives us opportunities to shift our weight onto His promises and discover that they hold.”
― Susie Larson

“You’re right,” sighed Alistair. “I wouldn’t. I would like to know. But I’m scared of what I’ll see.” “If you open your eyes, Alistair Calix-son, you will see me.” So Alistair turned to that voice. After a struggle, he discovered his own face, felt his own eyelids pressing down, shielding his vision. That moment took more courage than any other in his life so far, more than the climb into goblin-infested Gaheris, more than stepping into the Netherworld, more even than throwing himself at the slavering Black Dog. For once the deed was done, he knew there could be no going back. But then, really, when all was lost, what had he to fear? Alistair opened his eyes. And he saw the Lumil Eliasul.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Dragonwitch

“Even the Lion wept: great Lion-tears, each tear more precious than the Earth would be if it was a single solid diamond.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)