“Who are you?” asked Shasta.
“Myself,” said the voice, very deep and low so that the earth shook: and again, “Myself”, loud and clear and gay: and then the third time “Myself”, whispered so softly you could hardly hear it, and yet it seemed to come from all around you as if the leaves rustled with it.
-C.S. Lewis from The Horse and His Boy
This is the point in the book where Shasta realizes (or, rather, is told by Aslan) that his entire life has been guided by Aslan so that it turns out right, even though it didn’t seem like it would when it was happening. Shasta can’t see Aslan because he is in a thick fog, so he asks who he is, and Aslan tells him in a very Holy-Trinity-esque way. I just thought this was a really inspiring passage.
January 12th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Loved this part. Beautiful and encouraging.