In this post we will enjoy a large selection of Chronicles of Narnia quotes. You will find quotes from all 7 C.S Lewis Narnia books. So, let’s get started…
I love love love the Chronicles of Narnia! So, I thought it would be fun to create a collection of quotes from all 7 books. Just in case you are not familiar with the whole set of the books here they are:
This is the list by their publication dates.
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
- Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
- The Silver Chair (1953)
- The Horse and His Boy (1954)
- The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
- The Last Battle (1956)
If you want to pick up a set of books then I recommend checking out your local thrift store. You will be amazed at how many sets of The Chronicles of Narnia I have seen and gone. If you would prefer a brand new set…Amazon has you covered.
If you would like to geek out on the history of Naria then check out this awesome timeline from the Narnia website!
I tried my best to organize these quotes into sections. And I hope they make sense to you all. But before we start here C.S. Lewis wrote the following dedication in his novel to his granddaughter Lucy.
“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” to his goddaughter, Lucy Barfield: “My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result, you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate godfather.”
If you love C.S Lewis then don’t forget to check out these Mere Christianity quotes!
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Quotes
This is a selection of popular quotes from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
“Always winter but never Christmas.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern skies, I give you King Peter the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia. May your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens.” ― C.S Lewis, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
“For Narnia and for Aslan!”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“He’ll be coming and going” he had said. “One day you’ll see him and another you won’t. He doesn’t like being tied down–and of course he has other countries to attend to. It’s quite all right. He’ll often drop in. Only you mustn’t press him. He’s wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“She did not shut it properly because she knew that it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe, even if it is not a magic one.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion”…”Safe?” said Mr Beaver …”Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most, or else just silly.”
― C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Famous Narnia Quotes
In this section, you find the most popular and famous Narnia quotes. You might find some quotes in here that could fit in other sections as well.
“If you are thirsty, come and drink.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Yes,” said Queen Lucy. “In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Adventures are never fun while you’re having them.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”
“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
“They Open A Door And Enter A World”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.”― C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
“When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
“Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
“Courage, dear heart.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan Quotes
In this section, you will find a collection of Aslan quotes. These are either things Aslan said or things said about Aslan. As mentioned earlier you may find Aslan type quotes in other sections. I did my best to organize them without repeating quotes.
“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Aslan: You doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“I am [in your world].’ said Aslan. ‘But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“Child,’ said the Lion, ‘I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
“But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
“But all night, Aslan and the Moon gazed upon each other with joyful and unblinking eyes.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“I have come,” said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Oh, Aslan,’ said Lucy. ‘Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?’ ‘I shall be telling you all the time,’ said Aslan. ‘But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.”― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
“You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.”― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Aslan’s instructions always work; there are no exceptions.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant king caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Do not look sad. We shall meet soon again.” “Please, Aslan”, said Lucy,”what do you call soon?”
“I call all times soon” said Aslan; and instantly he was vanished away.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Prince Caspian Quotes
Prince Caspian quotes are quite popular much like The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. So, enjoy these Narnia quotes!
“That’s the worst of girls,” said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. “They never can carry a map in their heads.”
“That’s because our heads have something inside them,” said Lucy.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look like men, so that you’d never know which were which.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“Welcome, Prince,’ said Aslan. ‘Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?’ I – I don’t think I do, Sir,’ said Caspian. ‘I am only a kid.’ Good,’ said Aslan. ‘If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been proof that you were not.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“Lucy went first, biting her lip and trying not to say all the things she thought of saying to Susan. But she forgot them when she fixed her eyes on Aslan.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
“But when your sword breaks, you draw your dagger.” ― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
Reepicheep Quotes
Seriously who doesn’t love Reepicheep?! Here are a few of his quotes and even his song lyrics.
“Where sky and water meeet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not Reepercheep,
To Find all you seek,
That is The Utter East.” ― Reepicheep
“Are we of Narnia afraid of the dark?” ― Reepicheep
“Am I to understand,’ said Reepicheep to Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, ‘That this singularly discourteous person is under your Majesty’s protection? Because, if not–” ― Reepicheep
“My friendship you shall have, leanred Man,” piped Reepicheep. “And any Dwarf–or Giant—in the army who does not give you good language shall have my sword to reckon with.” ― Reepicheep
“My own plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle. When she sinks, I shall swim east with my four paws. And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan’s country, or shot over the edge of the world into some vast cataract, I shall sink with my nose to the sunrise.” ― Reepicheep
“Stop it,” spluttered Eustace, “go away. Put that thing away. It’s not safe. Stop it, I say. I’ll tell Caspian. I’ll have you muzzled and tied up.” “Why do you not draw your own sword, poltroon!” cheeped the Mouse. “Draw and fight or I’ll beat you black and blue with the flat.” “I haven’t got one,” said Eustace. “I’m a pacifist. I don’t believe in fighting.” “Do I understand,” said Reepicheep, withdrawing his sword for a moment and speaking very sternly, “that you do not intend to give me satisfaction?” ― Reepicheep
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Well, that it folks! If there is a quote from Chronicles of Narnia that I have missed and would like to see it added here…then please drop me a comment below. If not then please feel free to comment below sharing your favorite quote or why you love the Chronicles of Narnia.
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