I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I sh…

C. S. Lewis
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I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity
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