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C. S. Lewis on Books

1898–1963 Ireland

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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

Surprised by Joy (1955)

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

The Chronicles of Narnia (1950)

He [the child] does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods: the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted.

On Three Ways of Writing for Children (1952)

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

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I wrote the books I should have liked to read. That's always been my reason for writing. People won't write the books I want, so I have to do it for myself.

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