Have just finished reading Alister McGrath’s recent biography, “C. S. Lewis: Eccentric Genius and Reluctant Prophet.” It is probably the most detailed work on “Jack’s” (the name he preferred) life, with new material not included in earlier works. Here are a few quotes:

“The reading of old books enables us to avoid becoming passive captives of the spirit of the age, keeping ‘the clean breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds.'”

“Literature enables us to see with other eyes, to imagine with other imaginations, to feel with other hearts as well as with our own.”

“Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through stations. Rather, being alive, we have the privilege of always moving yet never leaving anything behind.”

I like this one. “The poet is not someone to be looked at, but rather someone to be looked through.”