Quote by C S Lewis: "His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were ..."

His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were sticky. He did not look either clever or handsome, whatever the Queen might say.

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“The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.”

“Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.”

“Every joy is beyond all others.”

“I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks.”

“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”

“All men's faces are true, whatsome'er their hands are.”

“A woman impudent and mannish grownIs not more loath'd than an effeminate man.”

“It was easy to idealize someone you barely knew.”

“M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.”