Friday, November 9, 2012

Professor Paulo (Digory Kirke) Ribeiro Turns 60


"But do you really mean, sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds - all over the place, just round the corner - like that?"

"Nothing is more probable," said the Professor, taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them, while he muttered to himself, "I wonder what they do teach them at these schools."

Professor Kirke: What were you all doing in the wardrobe?
Peter: You wouldn't believe us if we told you, sir.
Professor Kirke: [tosses cricket ball to Peter] Try me!

“Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations.”

Paulo (Digory Kirke) Ribeiro

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Why Professor Digory Kirke is one of my heros - - - because he showed that logic and magic aren’t contrary to each other, and by extension, neither faith and reason.

Now:-)
(from the Narnia movie)

Then


The Magic Never Ends - - - 

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