C.K. Heartwing > C.K.'s Quotes

“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.”
― Leif Enger

“Why did trust feel like a mountain to climb?”
― Victoria Lynn

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”
― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)

“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”
― Martin Luther

“Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
― William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke - Enlarged Print Edition

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“Names indeed have power. Where I come from that is widely known.”
― Andrew Peterson, Wingfeather Tales

“Ah, Lord, how precious is your weeping presence with those who weep! How much better is your companionship in the deep darkness than your absence in the light!”
― Andrew Peterson, The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom

“Nothing good ever happens in parking garages.”
― P.D. Atkerson, Winnie Winfield