the going itself is the path

words to live by
"I thought," she said, "that I was carried by the will of Him I love, but now I see that I walk with it. I thought that the good things He sent me drew me into them as the waves lift the islands; but now I see that it is I who plunge into them with my own legs and arms, as when we go swimming. I feel as if I were living in that roofless world of yours where men walk undefended beneath naked heaven. It is a delight with terror in it! One's own self to be walking from one good to another, walking beside Him as Himself may walk, not even holding hands. How has He made me so separate from Himself? How did it enter His mind to conceive such a thing? The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths - but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path."

- CS Lewis, Perelandra

25/1/2012 @ 23:11 ♥ 2

tags: i may have even gotten a little teary-eyed look i just really like that poem okay and matt bomer is really fucking good-looking matt bomer's perfection is ruining my life tv: white collar char: neal caffrey CAN I JUST GET IN MY PETTICOATS

OH GOD SEND HELP MATT BOMER IS RECITING ONE OF MY FAVORITE ROMANTIC POEMS (“She Walks In Beauty” by Byron)

The minute he said “looks like we’re discussing Romantic poetry” I was like “ohhhhhh boy” in my head, and then when he actually started reciting that poem I literally gasped and slapped my hand over my mouth and stared at the TV in wide-eyed joy.

also can we talk about the fact that Neal Caffrey has that poem memorised because NEALLLLLLLLL.

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