C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew Quotes

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.

Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

You know me better than you think, you know, and you shall know me better yet.

this is a book about something

It was a rich place: as rich as plumcake.

For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.

That's all YOU know, ' said Digory. 'It's because you're a girl. Girls never want to know anything but gossip and rot about people getting engaged.

That was what it felt like - as if one had always been in that place and never been bored although nothing had ever happened.