C. S. Lewis Quotes

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

C. S. Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963

Topics

LiveReflectionGriefDayShadow

I think I'm a boxer, but then when I get hurt, I'll start scrapping.

Joel Kinnaman

StartThinkHurtGetI ThinkThen

The restaurant industry in New York in the '80s was a good place to hide out if you had issues.

Andrew Zimmern

GoodNew YorkRestaurantYouHide

I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

Robert Sheckley

ReadingOutsideForeverWellField

There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I photographed them as well. So those were my first pictures.

Steven Klein

TimeHousePicturesFirstMental

Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning.

Rob Sheffield

MorningMeSongChooseI CanNow

Let the answer hang there for two or three or four seconds.

Mike Wallace

ThreeTwoHangAnswerFourSeconds

I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Looking ForwardLookingForwardHim

It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character.

Johnny Galecki

CharacterMeNeverBeenConcentrate

Sometimes what is 'real' because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SoulWorldPlaceSometimesReal

Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

Chris Pine

GoodFearMeMediocrityYouI Can

Winston was a bit of a challenge, all right, from a lot of different perspectives. It wasn't just the culture or the class divide or the historical baggage - it was also the age difference. We had to see if I could be aged-up legitimately, without it becoming some sort of hokey acting challenge.

Brendan Gleeson

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Man, I'm 6 foot 8. I'm gonna be typecast. It's not like I'm gonna be the romantic lead, although that wouldn't be bad.

Tyler Mane

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