"Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, yet with hopes that she,Re-born from holy poverty,In lenten lands, hereafter mayResume them on her Easter Day."(Epitaph for Joy Davidman)"
"Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience."
"We can never know what might have been but what is to come is another matter entirely"
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
"If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it."
"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you."