The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia #1)

The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia #1)

by C.S. Lewis

“But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unable to hear my voice. If I spoke to him, he would hear only growlings and roarings. Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!” 

“Wouldn't he know without being asked?' said Polly. 

'I've no doubt he would,' said the Horse (still with his mouth full). 'But I've a sort of an idea he likes to be asked.” 

“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”

“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.” 

“All get what they want; they do not always like it.” 

“Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before.” 

“I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven.”