C. S. Lewis Quotes

     Up until know, I have only posted book reviews on my blog, but when I came across these two quotes from C. S. Lewis, I decided that a little variety might be nice.  I dearly love The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien, so these quotes mean very much to me indeed; I am able to relate with Lewis' praise of the books.  Please leave a comment telling me if the quotes are a welcome addition; if so, I'll post more as I come across them.  For now, enjoy!

     "I've never met Orcs or Ents or Elves--but the feel of it, the sense of a huge past, of lowering danger, of heroic tasks achieved by the most apparently unheroic people, of distance, vastness, strangeness, homeliness (all blended together) is so exactly what living feels like to me.  Particularly the heart-breaking quality in the most beautiful places, like Lothlorien.  And it is so like the real history of the world . . . Neither optimism . . . nor pessimism . . . , you notice.  No.  The darkness comes again and again and is never wholly triumphant nor wholly defeated."               ~C. S. Lewis

     "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a book that will break your heart . . . good beyond hope."              ~C. S. Lewis