"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." - C. S. Lewis
It's a rainy book-and-tea kind of a day, so I'm treating you to some Lewis quotes on the same.
"We read to know that we are not alone." - C. S. Lewis
Do you think so? I certainly do. I read to know that I'm not the only one who makes mistakes, the only one who forgets things and shows up late... who doesn't fit in... who doesn't have the right words leap out of their mouth every time they open it to speak. I'm not the only one who finds life a struggle, who finds good moments in crazy times and awkward moments that spoil good times. I'm not the only one who loves, and wonders, and finds loss, as Lewis said, "so like fear." I'm not alone on this swiftly turning planet, full of trend changes and quick fixes and promises forgotten. Reading allows us to find those whose planets tilt the same way ours do, and take comfort in knowing we are not alone.
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more –
worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."- C. S. Lewis
Some of my favorite "children's" books that are equally worth reading at the age of 21 or older... :)
Wind in the Willows
A Little Princess
Princess Academy and it's sequel by Shannon Hale
The Runaway Princess and Captive Treasure by Milly Howard
Peter Pan
Anne of Green Gables and sequels
The Hobbit
The Sugar Creek Gang Series (Anna had a on tape on in the car the other day, and as soon as it turned on I had to start chuckling. Sometimes what was serious as children gently relaxes into sweet comedy when we age. --Don't I sound sage for all of 21?)
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Jedi Quest, and the other series I forgot the name of... by Jude Watson (Mark and I are happily 20 feet deep in these books right now!! :)
Tales Before Narnia (a collection of stories by authors who inspired C. S. Lewis, including my favorite, "The Colored Lands")
Wind in the Willows
A Little Princess
Princess Academy and it's sequel by Shannon Hale
The Runaway Princess and Captive Treasure by Milly Howard
Peter Pan
Anne of Green Gables and sequels
The Hobbit
The Sugar Creek Gang Series (Anna had a on tape on in the car the other day, and as soon as it turned on I had to start chuckling. Sometimes what was serious as children gently relaxes into sweet comedy when we age. --Don't I sound sage for all of 21?)
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Jedi Quest, and the other series I forgot the name of... by Jude Watson (Mark and I are happily 20 feet deep in these books right now!! :)
Tales Before Narnia (a collection of stories by authors who inspired C. S. Lewis, including my favorite, "The Colored Lands")
"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one
till you have read an old one in between." - C. S. Lewis
Do you read old books much? I do. Or... well... Yes, I suppose I do. But I do find two things: That not all "classics" are the same, and not all of them are worth the glue in their binding. Don't let any publisher tell you what to think is worth your hours. And secondly, that even though most classics take much longer to get through than a modern novel, they leave something with you. The hours they wander the halls of your mind, as you wade through forgotten vocabulary, give them a chance to decorate. And oftentimes, when you're waltzing through one day, you'll find a scrap of story, a doodle of your imagination, an image you didn't know you remembered immortalized on your wall forever.
"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the
necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the
deserts that our lives have already become." - C. S. Lewis
Books as irrigation to people on a desert planet. I like that.
This quote most sums up what I love about Lewis' view of literature. Literature doesn't simply describe what our lives are, it ADDS to them. It means something, it brings something valuable, it's worth the investment.
What does literature bring to your life?
This quote most sums up what I love about Lewis' view of literature. Literature doesn't simply describe what our lives are, it ADDS to them. It means something, it brings something valuable, it's worth the investment.
What does literature bring to your life?