“There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.”
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“Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”
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“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.”
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“But that would be putting the clock back," gasped the Governor. "Have you no idea of progress, of development?"
"I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it Going bad in Narnia.”
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“Now sir, said the bulldog in his business-like way. 'Are you a animal, vegetable, or mineral?'
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“Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.”
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“He has room for people with very little sense, but He wants everyone to use what sense they have.”
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“Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.
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“I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was Take, eat: not Take, understand.”
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“God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.”
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“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.”
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“All names will soon be restored to their proper owners.”
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“Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins."
"It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful.”
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“Edmund, give a special goodbye to Trumpkin for me. He's been a brick.”
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“A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.”
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