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“Often when he was teaching me to write in Greek the Fox would say, ‘Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that’s the whole art and joy of words.’ ”

~ C.S.Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis was a British scholar, writer, and prominent Christian apologist. A professor of Medieval and Renaissance English literature at Oxford and Cambridge, Lewis was a key figure in literary studies. He wrote prolifically in both fiction and nonfiction, and his works are known for their Christian allegory, moral lessons, and rich symbolism.  Wikipedia.org

Born November 29, 1898, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Died November 22, 1963 (age 64 years), Oxford, United Kingdom