Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did…

C. S. Lewis
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Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.98, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.98, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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