"There might be things more terrible even..." - Quote by C S Lewis
There might be things more terrible even than losing someone you love by death.
More by C S Lewis
“Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
“It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.”
“There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I suspect that they would most have admired the card index.”
More on Loss
“Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he could not find it.”
“There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.”
“The South-wind brings Life, sunshine and desire, And on every mount and meadow Breathes aromatic fire; But over the dead he has no power, The lost, the lost, he cannot restore; And, looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return.”
More on Death
“Kill me, or you are a murderer.”
“What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor. Death is not the enemy gentlemen. If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.”
“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”