Quotes Worth Remembering

Which author has incredibly short books which take an surprisingly long time to read? For me, the classic, timeless C.S. Lewis. If you want an interesting read on the nature of love, this is the one for you. In his ever witty style, Lewis analyzes and compares the four loves, as he classifies them: Affection, Friendship, Eros, and Charity. Rather than give you a summary of the book, (which may discourage you from reading it yourself), I am instead going to present a few favorite quotes from the composition. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

"Lamb says somewhere that if, of three friends, (A,B, and C), if A should die, then B loses not only A, but 'A's part in C', while C loses not only A but 'A's part in B'. In each of my friends, there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets." (Friendship, page 61)

Amazingly true, isn't it?

"The little knots of friends who turn their backs on the 'World' are those who really transform it." (Friendship, page 69)

Now here's something mind boggling:

"[God] creates the universe, already foreseeing- or should we say 'seeing'? there are no tenses with God- the buzzing cloud of flies about the cross, the flayed back pressed against the uneven stake, the nails driven through the mesial nerves, the repeated incipient suffocation as the body droops, the repeated torture of back and arms as it is time after time, for breath's sake, hitched up. If I may dare the biological image, God is a 'host' who deliberately creates His own parasites; causes us to be that we might exploit and 'take advantage of' Him. Herein is love. This is the diagram of Love Himself, the inventor of all loves." (Charity, p. 127)

There are so many other insightful, intriguing, and provocative quotes in this book, I feel like I am trying to hold the Great Salt Lake in a teaspoon in trying to share them with you. The only way to solve this dilemma is for you to retrieve a copy of the book and unearth these morsels for yourself.