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Charles Williams quotes: It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

Charles Williams quotes: The altar must be built in one place so that the fire may come down in another place.

The altar must be built in one place so that the fire may come down in another place.

Charles Williams quotes: Would you rather be more abominable than you sound or sound more abominable than you are? The answer is I would rather be neither but I am both.

Would you rather be more abominable than you sound or sound more abominable than you are? The answer is I would rather be neither but I am both.

Charles Williams quotes: The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.

The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse.

Charles Williams quotes: It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by

It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.

Charles Williams quotes: The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.

The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.

Charles Williams quotes: I generally give the title-page a fair chance," Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.

I generally give the title-page a fair chance," Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.

Charles Williams quotes: Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it.

Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it.

Charles Williams quotes: What's the matter with you, Madox? You got a grudge against the world?

What's the matter with you, Madox? You got a grudge against the world?

Charles Williams quotes: It'll do you all the good in the world, Giles, to be a little uncertain of yourself".

It'll do you all the good in the world, Giles, to be a little uncertain of yourself".

Charles Williams quotes: If the redeemed sing, presumably someone must write the songs.

If the redeemed sing, presumably someone must write the songs.

Charles Williams quotes: Sir Joshua Reynolds, said Jonathan, once alluded to 'common observation and a plain understanding' as the source of all art.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, said Jonathan, once alluded to 'common observation and a plain understanding' as the source of all art.

Charles Williams quotes: You can take care of everything except chance. Chance can kill you.

You can take care of everything except chance. Chance can kill you.

Charles Williams quotes: Pardon,Periel, like Love, is only ours for fun: essentially we don't and can't.

Pardon,Periel, like Love, is only ours for fun: essentially we don't and can't.

Charles Williams quotes: Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.

Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.

Charles Williams quotes: Harry," she said, her voice a little thick with the whisky. "You found the way, didn't you?" What's so wonderful about it? I thought. Dogs do.

Harry," she said, her voice a little thick with the whisky. "You found the way, didn't you?" What's so wonderful about it? I thought. Dogs do.

Charles Williams quotes: Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.

Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.

Charles Williams quotes: Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.

Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.

Charles Williams quotes: Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

Charles Williams quotes: Her mouth was soft and moist, and she came to me like a dachshund jumping into your lap.

Her mouth was soft and moist, and she came to me like a dachshund jumping into your lap.

Charles Williams quotes: Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

Charles Williams quotes: It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else.

It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else.

Charles Williams quotes: [ ... ] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting.

[ ... ] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting.

Charles Williams quotes: They're beautiful hands," he said; "though they've ruined the world, they're beautiful hands.

They're beautiful hands," he said; "though they've ruined the world, they're beautiful hands.

Charles Williams quotes: Nothing was certain, but everything was safe - that was part of the mystery of Love.

Nothing was certain, but everything was safe - that was part of the mystery of Love.

Charles Williams quotes: An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

Charles Williams quotes: She sat the sister of Arthur, the wife of Lotfour sons got by him, and one not.

She sat the sister of Arthur, the wife of Lot
four sons got by him, and one not.

Charles Williams quotes: Hell is indefinite.

Hell is indefinite.

Charles Williams quotes: I think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you've been.

I think in order to move forward into the future, you need to know where you've been.

Charles Williams quotes: Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit.

Love was even more mathematical than poetry. It was the pure mathematics of the spirit.

Charles Williams quotes: Let us have all the delights of which we are capable.

Let us have all the delights of which we are capable.

Charles Williams quotes: How can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for?

How can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for?

Charles Williams quotes: Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.

Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.

Charles Williams quotes: And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.

And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.

Charles Williams quotes: Why isn't one taught how to be loved? Why isn't one taught anything?

Why isn't one taught how to be loved? Why isn't one taught anything?