“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.”

— C.S. Lewis, "On Three Ways of Writing for Children" (1952)

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1898 – 1963

British author and theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. A master of analogy who made complex theological ideas accessible and beautiful.

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