"Child, to say the very thing you..." - Quote by C S Lewis
Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.
More by C S Lewis
“If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.”
“Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.”
“The event of falling in love... in one high bound it has overleaped the massive wall of our selfhood; it has made appetite itself altruistic, tossed personal happiness aside as a triviality and planted the interests of another in the centre of our being.”
More on Language
“I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.”
“Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it.”
“When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.”