The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compul…

C. S. Lewis
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The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1966). Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, p.239, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1966). Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, p.239, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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