[Valpal1]

The Bible for $1000, Alex.

Most of the early Heinlein, his later stuff was not as good, the thicker the book, the worse it is.

CS Lewis, “There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it.”

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“Well,” said Uncle Andrew with a chuckle, “it depends what you call wrong. People are so narrow minded. She certainly got very queer in later life. Did very unwise things. That was why they shut her up.”

“In an asylum, do you mean?”

“Oh no, no, no,” said Uncle Andrew in a shocked voice. “Nothing of the sort. Only in prison.”

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Close, but you don't quite have Lewis' precise, masterful way of putting the sentence:

There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.

The whole first opening page of that book is just fabulously, unbelievably well written. One of my all-time favorites.