“The gnat-like cloud of petty anxieties and decisions about the conduct of the next hour have interfered with my prayers more often than any passion or appetite whatever.” C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (New York: HBJ, 1960), 138.
November 24, 2010
“When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted. But, when he is trimmed, smoothed, and varnished, according to the mode; when he is aweary of vice, and aweary of virtue, used up as to brimstone, and used up as… [Read more…]
October 31, 2010
“. . . when far behind them they heard a faint warning hum, like the drone of a distant bee. Glancing back, they saw a small cloud of dust, with a dark centre of energy, advancing on them at incredible speed, while from out of the the dust a faint ‘Poop-poop!’ wailed like an uneasy… [Read more…]
October 29, 2010
“It contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound upon the same pavements, to do the same work, and to whom every day was… [Read more…]
September 23, 2010
“I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. it is an absurd attitude to take toward life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode… [Read more…]
September 23, 2010
“Dorian, you must not stay here any longer. It is not good for one’s morals to see bad acting. Besides, i don’t suppose you will want your wife to act. So what does it matter if she plays Juliet like a wooden doll? She is very lovely, and if she knows as little about life… [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
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