"When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy,..." - Quote by C S Lewis
When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund
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“All names will soon be restored to their proper owners.”
“The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.”
“You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did.”
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“He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later.”
“For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.”
“People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.”
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“Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.”
“Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.”
“How can you have any regret when everything worked out fine? But why I think it worked out fine is due to the lessons I learned along the way. And one of those involves listening to experts.”