"Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a..." - Quote by C S Lewis

“...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.”

“Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.”

“The more imagination the reader has ... the more he will do for himself. He will, at a mere hint from the author, flood wretched material with suggestion and never guess that he is himself chiefly making what he enjoys.”

“I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day.”

“From politics, it was an easy step to silence.”

“The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth: 'I, the State, am the people'.”

“For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle. What a coarse and imperfect use Indiansand hunters make of nature! No wonder that their race is so soon exterminated.”

“Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it your way, there's a chance that we might fall apart before too long. We can work it out. W e can work it out.”

“Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.”