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Quote by C. S. Lewis

“Men can't help in a job, you know. They can be induced to do it: not to help while you're doing it. At least, it makes them grumpy.”

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C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis was a British novelist, academic, and Christian theologian. He is renowned for his fictional works, particularly The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of fantasy novels that have become a beloved classic of children's literature. Lewis also penned adult fiction, including the science fiction trilogy Out of the Silent Planet and the space trilogy. His non-fiction works, such as Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain, have had a significant impact on Christian thought and spirituality. more

“I love you, and it's not the kind of love that wavers. It's the scary kind that doesn't fade. I look at you, and I see not just everything I want for my life, but everything I am, because you took the emptiest, dark pits of my soul and filled them with you. You are as much part of me as my own heart, and it doesn't beat without you.”

Romance New Adult

Book:Eyes Turned Skyward

Source: Eyes Turned Skyward

“I can only speak of wonder. But if you are too blinded by the shallowness of men who shout empty platitudes into hungry hearts, my words will be crowded out by the empty platitudes that stole the place in your heart that wonder was created for.”

Men Politics Wonder Ignorance Foolish Deception Majesty Platitudes

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It may be that in the larger design of the universe this invasion from Mars is not without its ultimate benefit for men; it has robbed us of that serene confidence in the future, which is the most fruitful source of decadence.”

Men Confidence Decadence

Book:The War of the Worlds

Source: The War of the Worlds

“Important men become martyrs, unimportant ones victims. The important men were given televised funerals, public days of mourning. Their deaths inspired the creation of art and the destruction of cities. But unimportant men were killed to make the point that they were unimportant - that they were not even men - and the world continues on.”