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“But a Christian must not be either a Totalitarian or an Individualist.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“The beauty of the female is the root of joy to the female as well as to the male, and it is no accident that the goddess of Love is older and stronger than the god. To desire the desiring of her own beauty is the vanity of Lilith, but to desire the enjoying of her own beauty is the obedience of Eve, and to both it is in the lover that the beloved tastes her own delightfulness. As obedience is the stairway of pleasure, so humility is the—”
― That Hideous Strength
― That Hideous Strength
“The big knight fell heavily to the ground, and lay there, as nearly dead as possible. His servants came running from the castle and took him in. He got better in the end, but nobody cared much about that.”
― King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
― King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
“was there a single doctrine practiced at Belbury which hadn’t been preached by some lecturer at Edgestow?”
― That Hideous Strength
― That Hideous Strength
“She seemed to him, as he now thought of her, to have in herself deep wells and knee-deep meadows of happiness, rivers of freshness, enchanted gardens of leisure, which he could not enter but could have spoiled. She was one of those other people--like Pearson, like Denniston, like the Dimbles--who could enjoy things for their own sake.”
― That Hideous Strength
― That Hideous Strength
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