Andrew Stout

“Although you be, as I am, one of those
Who feel a Christian ought to write in prose,
For poetry is magic: born in sin, you
May read it to exorcies the Gentile in you.”
― W.H. Auden

“There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends.”
― Thomas Chalmers

“The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.”
― Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers