C. S. Lewis Quote Explained: If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

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Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

- C. S. Lewis

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Nothing is wonderful except in the abnormal, and nothing is abnormal until we have grasped the norm.

- C. S. Lewis

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· Ireland

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Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

- C. S. Lewis

Novelist

· Ireland

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When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

- C. S. Lewis

Novelist

· Ireland

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You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best

- C. S. Lewis

Novelist

· Ireland

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A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

- C. S. Lewis

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· Ireland

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He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.

- C. S. Lewis

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· Ireland

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Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

- C. S. Lewis

Novelist

· Ireland

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

Nothing is wonderful except in the abnormal, and nothing is abnormal until we have grasped the norm.

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.

Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain.

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