WIST Quotations

Wordsworth, William -- “Personal Talk,” st. 3 (1846)

Dave — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:55:08 +0000

Dreams, books, are each a world; and books we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet
“Personal Talk,” st. 3 (1846)
(Source)

Lewis, C.S. -- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)

Dave — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:58:27 +0000

“But do you really mean, sir,” said Peter, “that there could be other worlds — all over the place, just round the corner — like that?”

“Nothing is more probable,” said the Professor, taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them, while he muttered to himself, “I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.”

C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) English writer, literary scholar, lay theologian [Clive Staples Lewis]
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)

Huxley, Aldous -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:24:27 +0000

Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
(Attributed)

Quoted in Laurence J. Peter, Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1979).