Reading & books

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

– Often attributed to C. S. Lewis

What does it mean?

Lewis loved reading (and tea) so much that he never wanted a good book to end.

Key vocabulary

suit
be right for; please

Who said it?

C. S. Lewis: British writer and scholar (1898–1963).

These exact words are widely credited to C. S. Lewis, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.

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