“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”
― The Magician's Nephew
― The Magician's Nephew
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
“Make your choice, adventurous Stranger,
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.”
― The Magician's Nephew
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.”
― The Magician's Nephew
“this is a book about something”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew
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