Whispering with Owls

C.S. Lewis, my hypothetical best friend and non-hypothetical favorite writer, struggled with the clumsiness of his body. This, I learned last week, is partially why he loved to write. It was a beautiful, easy escape.

“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.”

“Reading isn’t important because it helps to get you a job. It’s important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you’re given. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape.”

“Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?”

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

“When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”

“Speak not because it is safe, but because it is right.”

“I notice Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”