Would you like us to share what quotes we'd put in front of a Magician's Nephew movie or which ones Greta Gerwig might put? I feel like I could be able to give some good guesses to the latter once she does more interviews, ones where she shares her specific vision for that particular Narnia story. 

Right now...my best guess would be that C. S. Lewis quote about how reading fantasy makes (or should make) real woods feel enchanted. She alluded to that in an interview like it had been on her mind, so maybe that's a hint about her intentions for the movie and what she wants the main theme to be. 

@icarus it would not be appropriate to use work by Joy to introduce a Narnia story.  There is plenty by Jack himself. 

Posted by: @coracle

@icarus it would not be appropriate to use work by Joy to introduce a Narnia story.  There is plenty by Jack himself. 

Fair enough, just wanted to encourage people to think outside the box. It's merely an intellectual exercise after all.

Personally I was thinking, as a starting point perhaps, maybe something from "A Grief Observed". For example, the opening line:

"No-one ever told me that grief felt so like fear"

It would serve well to ground the audience in Digory's emotional perspective going into the movie, alludes somewhat to the author-proxy nature of Digory's character, and I like how the comparison to "fear" would play into people's reading of later scenes in Charn etc.

It's maybe though a tad too heavy to open the movie with, therefore maybe I need to find a quote which hits all of the same beats, but has more of a joyful and uplifting resonance.