“Hours later there came a change. It began to grow light in the bus. The greyness outside the windows turned from mud-colour to mother of pearl, then to faintest blue, then to a bright blueness that stung the eyes. We seemed to be floating in a pure vacancy. There were no lands, no sun, no stars in sight: only the radiant abyss.”
C.S. Lewis' allegorical narrative follows a man who travels from a dull, grey town to the vibrant, beautiful realm of heaven, encountering various souls and reflecting on the choices that lead to different afterlives. more
“an organiser of charities that had lost all love for the poor.”
“life is the way we audition for god. let us pray that we all get the job”
“The Planet depends upon you, Rider of the Ancient Years!”
“All things on Ishtar are magical, Dragonheart.”