Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that…

C. S. Lewis
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Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodies—those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that made the worlds, in which they find themselves without their consent and from which they are ejected at the pleasure of Another! ✨ C. S. Lewis (1995). The Screwtape Letters, Bantam Classics
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