I must have some drug . . .

C.S. Lewis on writing when reading isn’t enough.

C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman.

C.S. Lewis on how writing helped him to process the deep grief caused by his wife’s death.

“But what am I to do? I must have some drug, and reading isn’t a strong enough drug now. By writing it all down (all? — no: one thought in a hundred) I believe I get a little outside it.”