Quote by C.S. Lewis
“像其他的爱一样，爱情就这样揭示了他真实的地位，只不过因为他更有力、更甜蜜、更可怕、显得更高雅，所以，这种揭示更引人注目。 爱情单凭自己不能有所作为，但是，若想保持爱情的本色，他就必须有所作为。 爱情需要帮助，因而也需要加以规范。 不服从上帝，爱情之神不是死亡，就是变成魔鬼。 倘若在不服从上帝时，爱情无一例外地死去，倒也罢了。 问题是，他可能会活下去，将两个相互折磨的人无情地拴在一起。 双方都因为爱恨交织而遍体鳞伤；都贪婪地想要获取，却坚决拒绝付出；充满嫉妒、猜忌和怨恨；都力争占上风，决意要自由，却不允许对方自由；靠“吵架”度日。 读一读《安娜•卡列尼娜》，不要以为这类事情只发生在俄国。 情侣们惯用的那种夸张——恨不得一口把对方“吞下”一一可能近乎事实，令人不寒而栗。”
― C.S. Lewis ,
from The Four Loves
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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.