Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love…

C. S. Lewis
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Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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