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C. S. Lewis

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar

1898–1963

151 quotes, most often on God, Christianity and Morality. Part of the Writers collection.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one!’
- Friendship
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
The Four Loves (1960), Ch. IV
- Friendship
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
- Friendship
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (1949), “Membership”
- Friendship
We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.
The Four Loves (1960), Introduction
- Friendship
- Love

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