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"Dorothy Sayers claimed that when we read a work of literature, "it is as though a light were turned on us. We say, 'Ah! I recognise that!'... I can possess and take hold of it and make it my own, and turn it into a source of knowledge and strength."
Literature is a triumph of the imagination.
-Joseph Addison
I enjoyed this chapter especially. I recognize the joys of literature in my own life." — Nov 05, 2025 09:01AM
“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more
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