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The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable.
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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The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.
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For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
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Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.
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Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.
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