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21 " ...you must not believe all that authors tell you about how they write their books. When the story is finished, he has forgotten a good deal of what writing it was like. "
― Patti Callahan , Once Upon a Wardrobe
22 " You think turning imagination into logic will help George? Will that answer his most important questions? In my opinion, lists never answer the biggest questions. "
23 " He is the man he appears to be. His charm isn’t a cover, as it seems most boys’ charms are, but instead is an outgrowth of his true-blue character and wit. "
24 " Jack opened the window a crack to hear Sheila complain to Maureen, “Oh, there is nothing to do! Nothing at all!” And Maureen, now about to be married, crouched down next to the young girl and said, “There are books enough to find a thousand worlds. You can play in the woodlands or write home or mend your socks. It is only for lack of imagination that you are bored. "
25 " George wants to tell her that it's going to be ok, because it is. Even if everything turns out differently than she wants. "
26 " Was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe part of your childhood? Your children’s childhood? When did you first discover the story? Did you ever wonder, “Where did Narnia come from?” At the start of the novel, Megs Devonshire doesn’t care much for made-up stories. She’s concerned with math, facts, and figures. Why do you think her heart changed? Have you felt the same? What stories have changed you? Megs Devonshire attempts to make a logical list of Narnia facts, and her friend, Padraig, stops her. Why do you think he does this? What does this mean to you? Would you have stopped her? "
27 " fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills. "
28 " Miss Devonshire,” Mr. Lewis says and looks out the window as if what he wants to say dances in that dormant winter garden. “The fantastic and the imaginative aren’t escapism.” “How so?” This seems important. “Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends us back with renewed pleasure to the actual world. It provides meaning.” “Yes,” Warnie says. “It takes us out of ourselves and lets us view reality from new angles. It expands our awareness of the world. "
29 " With stories, I can see with other eyes, imagine with other imaginations, feel with other hearts, as well as with my own. "
30 " But I don’t think Mr. Lewis wants us to do that, to assign the things of his life to the things of his story. I think, if I’m guessing right, he wants us to see that stories are all tangled together.Highlight (yellow) - Location 1042 "
31 " But I don’t think Mr. Lewis wants us to do that, to assign the things of his life to the things of his story. I think, if I’m guessing right, he wants us to see that stories are all tangled together. "
32 " He closes his eyes, sets his mind’s eye on the words, and floats on them like a raft. "
33 " A myth tells a truth without the facts. You do not have to believe it is true to see the truth. "
34 " Christianity is not less than a myth, but more than one. "
35 " baptized his imagination. "
36 " Because even with the dark parts and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served. "
37 " Maybe when we know we will lose someone we love fiercer and wilder. "
38 " Some stories imagined in this ancient place rise above the others; they ascend from the towers, from the quiet libraries and single rooms, from the museums and the cobblestone streets. Some of those stories become legends. Myths. Tales that are as much a part of us as our bones. "
39 " The cosmos reveals God's handiwork.".... "So you're saying that maybe stories are the same, that they reveal God's handiwork.... or truth. They reveal some truth about the universe. That's what physics is all about. "
40 " As the Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue once wrote, "A book is a path of words which takes a heart in new directions. And that is what I long to show you, how Narnia does that for us all. "