"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

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Source : Charles Williams (2016). “War in Heaven”, p.121, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Charles Williams

#Two Quotes #Mind Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Few sometimes may know, when thousands err.”
“When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.”
“The real deal is always going to win in the end.”
“Every book should begin with attractive endpapers. Preferably in a dark colour: dark red or dark blue, depending on the binding. When you open the book it's like going to the theatre. First you see the curtain. Then it's pulled aside and the show begins.”
“O God and Lord, now the council condemns even Your own act and Your own law as heresy, since You Yourself did lay Your cause before Your Father as the just judge, as an example for us, whenever we are sorely oppressed.”
“Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven.”
“I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.”
“I can think of a number of areas in New York where three acres of nuclear waste would make the neighborhood safer to walk around in than it is now, and better lit.”

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