The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction betwee…

C. S. Lewis
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The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.24, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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