To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in bei…

C. S. Lewis
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To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in being on earth; to enter hell is to be banished from humanity. What is cast (or casts itself) into hell is not a man: it is 'remains.'
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