“Don’t imagine I’ve been selected to go to Perelandra because I’m anyone particular. One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some reason that leaves no room for vanity.
Certainly, it is never for what the man himself would have regarded as his chief qualifications. I rather fancy I am being sent because those two blackguards who kidnapped me and took me to Malacandra, did something which they intended: namely, gave a human being a chance to learn that language.” [said Ransom]
C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (1943)
Lewis wrote some adult fiction, in this case the second novel of a Space Trilogy. And I have found some rather interesting statements / discussions / arguments in this novel which have made me stop and think.
ReplyDeleteThis quote about the job the character Ransom will have on Perelandra (Venus) rang true for me. Often I have found myself taking a job and thinking I knew what I would do there or what the job what do for me, but later realized it was quite different than I expected and in some cases much better than I had anticipated. So, once again, Lewis really made me think! "One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job."