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I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis
Age: 64 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 1
Died: 1963
Died: January 1
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When I'm older I'll understand said Lucy, I am older and I don't think I want to understand, replied Edmund
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