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A grief observed

Comprising most of Lewis' writings.
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A grief observed

Postby Gill » February 10th, 2006, 7:39 pm

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re: A grief observed

Postby A#minor » February 10th, 2006, 8:47 pm

I really liked how completely honest Lewis is in this book. Of course, he's honest and realistic in all his works, but this book is so much more personal.

Isn't that the book where he talks about the house of cards (denying reality) that keeps falling and he patiently begins again to put together his little view of his world, rebuilding his house of cards?
That always fascinates me, b/c I do that all the time. I refuse to see life as it really is because it's too painful.
"My brain and this world don't fit each other, and there's an end of it!" - G.K. Chesterton
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Postby Sven » February 10th, 2006, 9:01 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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re: A grief observed

Postby magpie » February 16th, 2006, 6:46 pm

"Love is the will to extend one's self in order to nurture one's own or another's spiritual growth."
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Postby Lara » February 16th, 2006, 6:52 pm

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Postby Pete » March 14th, 2006, 10:30 am

I really appreciated Lewis's honesty in A Grief Observed. I think the thing that sticks out to me from that book - more than any other of his books is that there's so much real emotional reflection in that book. I'm not saying there's not emotional reflection in his other books, but for the most part his other books seem to be more intellectual reflection.
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Postby ALoneSoldier » April 24th, 2006, 8:05 am

"[God] is not proud...He will have us even though we have shown that we prefer everything else to Him."

--The Problem of Pain
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