Kristi Hansen

“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in dismay I have been describing, and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay...comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“The tuning up of an orchestra can be itself delightful, but only to those who can in some measure, however little, anticipate the symphony.”
― C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms

“Human beings are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close