Surprised By Joy
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography published by C. S. Lewis in 1955. Specifically the book describes the author's conversion to Christianity which had taken place 24 years earlier.
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Famous quotes containing the words surprised by joy, surprised and/or joy:
“Surprised by joy—impatient as the wind”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“Y’see it’s sort of a game with me. Its whole object is to prove that two plus two equals four. That seems to make sense, but you’d be surprised at the number of people who try to stretch it to five.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)
“My heart doth joy that yet in all my life
I found no man but he was true to me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)