c. s. lewis: 59 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 And does God want us to suffer? What if the answer to that question is yes? 'Cause I'm not sure that God particularly wants us to be happy. I think he wants us to be able to love and be loved. He wants us to grow up.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

2 Well, just because something hurts, it doesn't make it more true or more significant. -No, I guess not.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

3 Twice in that life, I've been given the choice. As a boy, and as a man. The boy chose safety. The man chooses suffering.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

4 The delight that never fades... The bliss that is eternal is only yours when what you most desire is just out of reach.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

5 How could Joy be my wife? I'd have to love her, wouldn't I? I'd have to care more for her than for anyone else in this world. I'd have to be suffering the torments of the damned at the prospect of losing her.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

6 That's not why I pray. I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

7 I've just come up against a bit of experience. Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, you learn.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

8 You see, we are like blocks of stone, out of which the sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what make us perfect.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

9 Give me blizzards and frozen pipes, but not this, nothing time. Not this, waiting room of the world.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands

10 One has to say things. The moment passes, and then you're alone again. -Yes.

Anthony Hopkins as c. s. lewis in Shadowlands