C. S. Lewis Quotes


It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been "had for a sucker" by any number of imposters but it would be a torment to know that one had refused even one person in need.


Citations

Lewis, C. S. The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950-1963. HarperCollins, 2007.

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C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
  • Born: November 29, 1898
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.